Peakes contributions to periodicals: drawings and illustrations. (Advertisements
which Peake drew are in Part E.)
Not
included in this listing are the drawings by Peake that have appeared regularly
in Peake Studies since 1988. For these, see the list of contents
of past issues.
News
from Afar [London Missionary Society], November 1922, p.172,
illustration to his Letter from China. Reprinted in MPR
11:5.
News
from Afar [London Missionary Society], January 1924, p.9,
ten illustrations to his article, Ways of Travelling. Reprinted
in WD, p.10.
Satire
[London], December 1934, p.7,
cartoon, Child Life, to text by Wells, under the pseudonym Nemo.
Reproduced in WD, p.19.
Satire
[London], December 1934, p.17,
two illustrations to his poems, Practically Poetry and Ode to
a Bowler, and one cartoon, Land of Hope and Glory
/ . . . As delivered by a Tory, under the pseudonym Nemo. Reproduced
in MPR 16: 27
Satire
[London], January–February, 1935, p.13,
cartoon, Art, under the pseudonym Nemo.
London Mercury, August
1936, Vol.34, No.202, f.p.342, designs for The Insect Play by
the brothers Capek: (1) I proclaim myself conqueror of the world
[the Commander-in-Chief of the Black Ants], and (2) The Ichneumon Fly.
Both reproduced on p.124 of Virginia Woolf and the Discourse of Science
(of all places!), by Henry Holly (CUP, 2003).
London
Mercury, September 1936, Vol.34, No.203, f.p.402,
portrait of Edith Evans.
London
Mercury, October 1936, Vol.34, No.204, f.p.494,
portrait of Ernst Toller.
London
Mercury, December 1936, Vol.35, No.206, f.p.165,
portrait of Walter de la Mare.
London
Mercury, February 1937, Vol.35, No.208, f.p.385,
portrait of W. H. Auden. Reprinted in Drawings 1974 (Pl.47) and in
Radio Times, 7 November 1981, p.30.
London
Mercury, February 1937, vol.35, No.208, p.409,
In a review (pp.40910) by A. V. Cookman of The Son of the Grand Eunuch,
a drawing of the Grand Eunuchs costume.
London
Mercury, June 1937, Vol.36, No.212, f.p.124,
portrait of George Barker.
London
Mercury, July 1937, Vol.36, No.213, f.p.236,
portrait of Ruth Pitter.
London
Mercury, October 1937, Vol.36, No.216, pp.508 & 509,
two scraperboard illustrations to his poem Rhondda Valley. The
only known use of this medium by Peake; reproduced (rather badly) in WD,
p.24, so they are here (first
/ second). Also in Collected
Poems.
London
Mercury, November 1937, Vol.37, No.217, f.p.12,
portrait of John Gielgud.
London
Mercury, December 1937, Vol.37, No.218, f.p.157,
portrait of Margot Fonteyn.
London
Mercury, March 1938, Vol.37, No.221, f.p.501,
a drawing from his exhibition at the Calmann Galleries.
London
Mercury, May 1938, Vol.38, No.223, f.p.61,
portrait of James Stephens.
London
Mercury, July 1938, Vol.38, No.225, f.p.240,
portrait of Sarah Gertrude Millin.
London
Mercury, September 1938, Vol.38, No.227, f.p.404,
portrait of Charles Madge.
London
Mercury, November 1938, Vol.39, No.229, f.p.12,
portrait of Laurence Binyon.
London
Mercury, December 1938, Vol.39, No.230, f.p.112,
portrait of Elizabeth Bowen.
London
Mercury, January 1939, Vol.39, No.231, f.p.305,
portrait of C. Delisle Burns.
London
Mercury, March 1939, Vol.39, No.233, f.p.505,
a drawing from his exhibition at the Leicester Galleries.
London
Mercury, April 1939, Vol.39, No.234, f.p.584, portrait of James
Bridie.
World
Review, August 1940, p.2,
cartoon, On Guard [patriotic treatment of a young soldier].
Lilliput, January
1942, Vol.10, No.1, issue 55, pp.7 & 8,
two illustrations to the short story, Life isnt Worth While,
by J. Gurevitch. Reprinted in PS 9:iii (October 2005).
Lilliput,
February 1942, Vol.10, No.2, issue 56, pp.123, 124, & 125,
three illustrations to the short story, The Pacifist, by Lionel Birch. Reprinted
in PS 9:iii (October 2005).
Lilliput,
April 1942, Vol.10, No.4, issue 58, pp.295 & 297,
two illustrations to the short story, The Firemans Wife, by
Stephen Spender. Reprinted in PS 9:iii (October 2005).
Lilliput,
June 1942, Vol.10, No.6, issue 60, p.495,
two illustrations to the poem, Bill Pronkum Purrs, by Ruth Pitter. Reprinted
in PS 9:iii (October 2005).
Lilliput,
August 1942, Vol.11, No.2, issue 62, pp.162 & 164,
two illustrations to the article, The Mechanical Chess Player, by
George Edinger. Reprinted in PS 9:iii (October 2005).
Lilliput,
October 1942, Vol.11, No.4, issue 64, p.331,
one illustration to the article, Ships that Disappeared, by Sam Bate.
A doubtful attribution - probably not by Peake.
Lilliput,
February 1943, Vol.12, No.2, issue 68, p.131, 133, & 134,
three illustrations to the short story, Incombustible Men, by Pennethorne
Hughes. Reprinted in PS 9:iii (October 2005).
Lilliput,
March 1943, Vol.12, No.3, issue 69, p.[244],
one drawing beneath a photograph of MP by Bill Brandt. Reprinted in PS 9:iii
(October 2005).
Lilliput,
July 1943, Vol.13, No.1, issue 73, pp.21 & 22,
two illustrations to the short story, The Men Who Knew Not What They Did,
by Gerald Kersh. Reprinted in PS 9:iii (October 2005).
Lilliput,
November 1943, Vol.13, No.5, issue 77, p.399, 400, & 401,
three illustrations to the short story, Some Kind of a God, by Robert
Neumann. Reprinted in PS 9:iii (October 2005).
Poetry
London, 1944, Vol.2, No.10, pp.196–[204],
eight illustrations for The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (B5), including
the original plate 5, Life in Death, which was not used by Chatto
until 1978 (B5g). Seen both in beige and in blue cloth bindings; d/w by Gerald
Wilde.
Lilliput,
February 1944, Vol.14, No.2, issue 80, pp.147 & 149,
two illustrations to the article, Magic Does Happen, by Rupert Gleadow. Reprinted
in PS 9:iii (October 2005).
Lilliput,
May 1944, Vol.14, No.5, issue 83, pp.351 & 353,
two illustrations to the article, The Swords of Japan, by David Ellbey. Reprinted
in PS 9:iii (October 2005).
Lilliput,
February 1945, Vol.16, No.2, issue 92, pp.147, 149, & 151,
three illustrations to the short story, The Wasp in the Letterbox
by Maurice Richardson. Reprinted in PS 9:iii (October 2005).
Leader, 12 May 1945,
Portrait of
the Artist [a caricature of Hitler].
Leader,
30 June 1945, pp.12 & 13,
four drawings of Hitlers
Problem Children: Hitler Youth; The German Boy leans
against the concentration camp pictures and looks at the occupation forces;
The New Start: school at Aachen opened under Allied authority (drawn
from the teachers desk); and Veteran Hitler Youth;
with a commentary by Tom Pocock. The German Boy was reproduced
in A World Away, f.p.96.
Leader,
14 July 1945, pp.12–13,
five illustrations (Paris Cabaret: Drummer, Dancer, and
Singer; Paris Street Scene; And Still More Cabaret)
to Paris Celebrates by R. C. Knight.
Leader,
4 August 1945, pp.11–13,
The British Soldier in Europe: The Sketch Book of Mervyn Peake. Ten
drawings (He Writes to Tell You What He Thinks of Europe: the British soldier
in Germany; Soldier Looks at Europe; Soldier on Bed;
Soldier on Barrow; Soldiers at Plön, near Kiel; Soldier
Cleans Boots; Soldier Exercises; Soldier Considers Bargain;
Soldier reads of Home; and Soldier Dreams), printed alongside
Tom Dribergs European Notebook.
Studio,
December 1945, Vol.130, No.633, p.183,
Figure in Yellow, accompanying London Commentary by Cora
Gordon.
Ballet,
January 1946, [Vol.1,] No.3, p.5,
one illustration to the article, Genji Dances at the Festival of Red Leaves,
by Arthur Waley.
Studio,
January 1946, Vol.131, No.634, p.3,
Study of a girl, accompanying an article (pp.2–7) on British
Figure Painting by Iain MacNab, who comments, MP is both a painter
and an illustrator with a refreshing and original sense of humour.
Facet, 1946,
Vol.1, No.1, pp.9 & 13,
two line drawings (The Daily Help and Head of a Clown)
accompanying Quentin Crisps article, The Genius of Mervyn Peake.
The Daily Help was reprinted with the article in MPR 14
(pp.2 and 37–42, respectively).
Alphabet
& Image, Spring 1946, Vol.1, pp.31 & 32,
two drawings for the projected edition of Bleak House (John Murray) accompanying
the article by Frances Sarzano, The Book Illustrations of Mervyn Peake
(pp.19–37). Reprinted in the book, Mervyn Peake: Drawings from Bleak House
(B24)
Ballet,
June 1946, Vol.2, No.1, frontispiece [p.2],
untitled drawing, depicting a nude male figure passing through a shattered window. Reprinted
in MPR 15:2 and in VoH (F15).
Ballet, July
1946, Vol.2, No.2, pp.29–36,
eight drawings of Jean Babilée (of which a
sample spread).
Convoy,
July 1946, No.4, pp.23–7,
seven drawings to accompany his description of The Glass Blowers. Reprinted
in MPR 18:3–7.
Studio,
September 1946, Vol.132, No.642, pp.88–90,
five drawings and paintings (Vulture (pen drawing), Mother and
Child (oil painting), The Glass-Blowers (oil), Belsen:
girl dying of consumption (charcoal) and I pass, like night, from
land to land from The Ancient Mariner) accompanying Bernard Denvirs
article, Mervyn Peake. The article and the Vulture
were reprinted in MPR 15, pp.36–38 and 37 respectively. The oil painting,
Mother and Child, was reprinted in New Road, 1949, No.5, f.p.120. The
Glass-Blowers was used for the d/w of Gb, and the Girl Dying
is in Drawings 1949, pl.31.
Strand
Magazine, November 1946, Vol.112, issue 671, p.58,
two illustrations to his own poems, The Enforced Return and If
the Earth Were Lamp-lit. Reprinted in PS 9:iii (October 2005).
Strand Magazine,
December 1946, Vol.112, issue 672, pp.82, 85 & 87,
three illustrations to Three Gifts: a Christmas Tale by Alan Wykes. Reprinted
in PS 9:iii (October 2005). The illustration on p.85 was reprinted in Designers
in Britain, 1947, [Vol.1,] p.86.
The
Windmill [an occasional in-house magazine of Wm Heinemann, publishers], 1946,
Vol.1, No.3, p.59,
Study of a Head (from the collection of John Brophy). Antedates
publication in The Minds Eye (Part C, drawings)
by several years.
Counterpoint,
1946, Vol.2,
on
reverse of frontispiece, three sketches (one just a profile) accompanying
his poem Belsen 1945. Reproduced in PS 1:ii and in Drawings
1949. Cf. WI, p.38, item 16.
Designers
in Britain, 1947, [Vol.1,] p.107,
line drawing.
Strand
Magazine, March 1947, Vol.112, pp.100–105,
three illustrations to the short story, At the Lantern, by Alan Wykes. Reprinted
in PS 9:iii (October 2005).
Everybodys
Weekly, 3 January 1948, p.13,
one illustration for the short story, The Between-Maid, by Montague
Summers.
World
Review, August 1948, p.56,
one illustration to the short story, The Man who Returned to Dublin,
by Gerard Fay. Reprinted in PS 9:iii (October 2005).
Radio
Times, 17 December 1948, Vol.101, No.1314, p.20,
drawing for Rumpelstiltskin. Reprinted on 8 June 1951, Vol.111, No.1439,
p.14, and in The Art of Radio Times (BBC, 1981).
Radio
Times, 24 December 1948, Vol.101, No.1315, p.23,
drawing for Treasure Island. Reproduced in The Art of Radio Times
(BBC, 1981).
World
Review, August 1949, New Series No.6, pp.55–59,
five illustrations to his article, London Fantasy. Reprinted
in MPR 16:11–15.
Leader
Magazine, 17 December 1949, pp.9 & 10,
six illustrations (Christ is Forgotten, The Christian . . .
dedicated to a creed, as a recluse and mystic, as a man of the world, and as a
humble – and romantic – believer, and Christ is Remembered)
to the article, Where is Christ in the World Today?, by James Lansdale
Hodson. There is also, on p.5 of this issue, a photograph of, and brief note
on, MP.
London
Mystery Magazine, [June 1949,] Vol.1, No.1, pp.25 & 35,
two illustrations to the short story, Yak Mool San, by H. B. Drake. Reprinted
in PS 9:iii (October 2005).
Lilliput,
January 1950, Vol.26, No.1, issue 151, pp.58 & 59,
two illustrations to his own short story, The Connoisseurs. Reprinted
in PS 9:iii (October 2005). There is also, on p.112 of this issue, a biographical
note on MP.
Leader
Magazine, 4 February 1950, pp.23–25,
three illustrations (Truth is Childish, The Party Demands Fanaticism
and After the Break, What?) to A Conscience among the Communists
by Ignazio Silone.
Leader
Magazine, 8 April 1950, pp.7–9,
three illustrations (Atta Amarata, Where is Truth?, and
Faith) to Did Jesus Have a Fair Trial? by Robert Graves.
Lilliput,
May 1950, Vol.26, No.5, issue 155, pp.37–40,
four colour illustrations to Childrens Hour: four nursery rhymes,
with a commentary by Leslie Daiken. The original drawings were sold at Sothebys
on 24–25 January 1983 and reproduced, full-size, in their catalogue for the sale.
Lilliput,
November 1950, Vol.27, No.5, issue 161, pp.55, 57, 59 & 60,
four illustrations to the short story, The Traitors, by F. L. Green. Reprinted
in PS 9:iii (October 2005).
Radio
Times, 9 February 1951, Vol.110, No.1422, p.20,
drawing for The Enchanted Cottage. Reproduced in The Art of Radio
Times and in TLS, 4 December 1981, p.1405.
Lilliput,
December [1951]–January 1952, Vol.29, No.6, issue 175, pp.80, 87, 97 & 105,
four illustrations
to the short story, The Wendigo, by Algernon Blackwood. Reprinted
in PS 9:iii (October 2005).
Housewife,
August 1952, pp.56–59,
eight decorations (including 7 capital letters) to the short story, Blind
Love, by Laurence Housman.
John
oLondons, August 1952, p.817,
small portrait of Kay Fuller. Reproduced (from the original drawing) in MPR
9:3 (Autumn 1979).
Radio
Times, 7 November 1952, Vol.117, No.1513, p.19,
drawing for Brushwood Boy. Reproduced in The Art of Radio Times
(BBC, 1981).
Radio
Times, 23 January 1953, Vol.118, No.1524, p.12,
drawing for The Little Gold Shoe.
Lilliput,
May–June 1953, Vol.32, No.6, issue No.192, pp.72, 78, 85, 88, 93, & 96,
six illustrations
to the short story, Love Among the Ruins, by Evelyn Waugh. Reprinted
in PS 9:iii (October 2005).
Encounter,
July 1954, Vol.3, No.1, pp.4 & 5,
two illustrations to Dylan Thomass poem, Reminiscences of Childhood.
Encounter,
July 1956, Vol.7, No.1, pp.23, 31 & 32,
three illustrations to the article, Young Spain and the Old Régime,
by François Bondy.
Encounter,
September 1956, Vol.7, No.3, front cover,
portrait of Walter de la Mare (not the same as item 9, above).
Athene [Journal of
New Society of Art Teachers], April 1957, Vol.8, No.3, p.21,
line drawing of a head accompanying his article, What is Drawing?
Radio Times,
6 December 1957, Vol.137, No.1778, p.37,
drawing for Molloy. Repeated in Radio Times, 6 January 1972,
Vol.194, No.2513, p.53.
Radio
Times, 13 June 1958, Vol.139, No.1805, p.39,
drawing for Malone Dies.
Elizabethan,
June 1959, Vol.12, No.6, p.14,
Anne Frank in the concentration camp – an impression by MP accompanying
The Diary, an article on Anne Frank by Gerald McKnight. Reprinted
in MPR 16:24.
Transatlantic
Review, Spring 1960, No.3, p.[78],
one line drawing.
Transatlantic
Review, December 1960, No.5, p.[120],
one line drawing.
3
Arts Quarterly, Winter 1960, No.4, front cover and pp.22–25,
five line drawings.
Folio
Society 1961, [a leaflet describing forthcoming publications], f.p.3,
the illustration from
f.p.17 of Droll Stories.
International
Stage & Film Review, February 1962, p.27,
one line drawing.
Transatlantic
Review, Spring 1968, No.28, pp.[22], 27, 94, 98 and 107,
five line drawings.
Transatlantic
Review, Winter 1968–9, No.31, pp.60 & 82,
two drawings, the second being Auntie Jill from Uncles and Aunts (BN,
p.70).
Antique
Dealer and Collectors Guide, February 1969, Vol.23, No.7, p.98,
Two Studies of Cats, chinese ink drawing.
New
Worlds, February 1969, No.187, pp.41–43,
drawings accompanying The Adventures of Foot-fruit (see Part
D: prose).
New
Worlds, April 1969, No.189, front cover,
drawing of Foot-fruit-like
figure and dogs.
New
Worlds Quarterly, September 1971, No.1, pp.51, 63, 182,
three illustrations from Witchcraft in England (without acknowledgement).
TLS,
1 September 1972, p.1027,
three drawings for nonsense poems. Printed in BN, pp.34, 74 &
75.
Mervyn
Peake Society Newsletter [subsequently, The Mervyn Peake Review], Spring
1976, No.2, pp.18 & 19,
two line drawings: Man and Beast from the MS of TG, and A
Professor from the MS of G.
Mervyn
Peake Review, Autumn 1976, No.3, pp.10 & 27,
The Dark Breakfast, a sketch from the MS of TG, and an illustrated
envelope for sale.
Radio
Times, 15–21 October 1977, Vol.217, No.2814, pp.76 & 79,
two drawings for Treasure Island.
Mervyn
Peake Review, Autumn 1977, No.5, p.1,
The Chief of the Ants, a drawing for The Insect Play (1936).
Mervyn
Peake Review, Spring 1978, No.6, pp.3, 11, 18, 19, 31, & 35,
line drawings of a man and boy (p.3) and a bird-like creature looking over a wall
(p.31) from the sheet of drawings reproduced complete on p.35; Frail Figure
(p.11); Cat in Hat (p.18); Hypnotic Creature (p.19).
Mervyn Peake Review,
Autumn 1978, No.7, between pages 18 & 19,
an eight-page insert of felt-pen drawings (untitled).
Sunday
Times, 12 November 1978, p.37,
with an article by Philip Oakes, Peakes progress, a pencil drawing
of Keda on her crag, silhouetted against a massive sun, as seen by Flay (TG
p.446). First publication that I am aware of.
Mervyn
Peake Review, Spring 1979, No.8, pp.6 & 35,
line drawing of an Animal Figure, and a portrait of E. J. S. Parsons.
Mervyn
Peake Review, Autumn 1979, No.9, pp.3 & 26,
portrait of Kay Fuller (see item 74, above), and A s-a-a-a-d sight:
a self-portrait.
TLS,
21 December 1979, p.159,
reproduction of a drawing for sale at the Maclean gallery.
Mervyn
Peake Review, Spring 1980, No.10, pp.3, 13, 19, 23 & 42,
a fantasized portrait of Diana Gardner; Dr Prunesquallor and Irma
from the MS of G; back of girls head, from the MS to TA; Muzzlehatch
and dog, from the MS of TA; and a costume design for The Son of
the Grand Eunuch.
The
Green Book, Summer 1980, Vol.1, No.3, p.11,
Get yer bloody air cut – you look like a bleeding poet, a drawing
(with wash) accompanying MGs article, I sometimes think about old
tombs and weeds. The Green Book claims that this is an unpublished
drawing, but it looks identical (although greatly reduced) to pl.25 in Drawings
1974.
Mervyn
Peake Review, Autumn 1980, No.11, pp.2 & 5,
Chinaman with Fish and the drawing for A Letter from China
(see Part D: prose, first item).
Mervyn
Peake Review, Spring 1981, No.12, pp.3, 14, 17, 20–21, 24 & 27,
Girls head; Life Study; Prunesquallor
and a mans head (both on p.17); Swelter, a lithograph; an unspecified
character from Gormenghast; and Boy with Owl, a line drawing.
Mervyn Peake Review,
Autumn 1981, No.13, p.36,
line drawing of two boys and animals in seascape from the MS of Titus IV.
Mervyn Peake Review,
Spring 1982, No.14, pp.7, 13, 14, & 36,
Walking figures, a pen drawing from the MS of TA; a figure
astride a monster (pencil); The Sad Departure, a pen drawing; and
Sleeping, a pencil drawing from the MS of G. Sleeping
is similar to the drawings of Dylan Thomas in Encounter (see
above), but it is not the same.
Mervyn
Peake Review, Autumn 1982, No.15, pp.9 & 13,
Scroll, a pen drawing from the MS of TA, and Infant and
Fairies, a pen drawing from the MS of G.
Mervyn
Peake Review, Spring 1983, No.16, p.2,
line drawing of strange bird with frog and flowerpot. Used by Leslie Sklaroff
on his catalogues and printed here as an advertisement for his second-hand book
business.
Mervyn
Peake Review, Spring 1983, No.16, pp.6, 23, 41
pen-and-ink sketch of an interior, and Balancing act, a pen-and-ink
sketch of a piebald horse on a pedestal, both from the MS of TA; pirate
Peake presents a cheque to his bank manager, also pen and ink.
Mervyn Peake Review,
Autumn 1983, No.17, pp.3 & 33,
pastel (or chalk) portrait of Jennifer Pink, and oil painting of young boy, possibly
Sebastian Peake.
Mervyn
Peake Review, Spring 1984, No.18, pp.19, 32, 37 & 42,
a pen drawing of a weird creature on an island from the MS of G; Square-jawed
Susie, a line portrait from the collection of John Wood; Furrie,
an ink sketch from the MS of TA; and Boy with Bird, a line drawing
from the collection of John Wood.
Guardian,
15 January 1985, p.9. Previously unpublished drawing accompanying an article
by Robert Macdonald, Centrals line to calamity.
Mervyn
Peake Review, Summer 1985, No.19, pp.2, 19, 29–32, & 56,
a sketch of Sebastian, Maeve and Fabian (1945); grotesque pen sketch from a letter
to Maurice Collis; five preliminary sketches for The Hunting of the Snark;
and Cupid shooting a strange bird, in pen-and-ink (source not mentioned).
Mervyn Peake Review,
1987/88, No.21, pp.4, 18, 59, 69, & 96,
sketches accompanying Peakes radio play of Titus Groan, source not
given.
Mervyn
Peake Review, 1989, No.22,
a card portfolio containing five sketches made during Peakes visit to Yugoslavia
in 1955, with a commentary (dated April 1989) by John Watney: a fish-seller (brush
and ink); two heads (same medium); old man with two sticks (same medium); boy
in traditional costume with earring (watercolour); and woman in traditional costume
(watercolour).
Mervyn
Peake Review, 1992, No.25, called Mervyn Peake: The Wit to Woo Compendium,
twelve sketches for
Peakes play, The Wit to Woo, of which only two (the centre spread
of the set, and a comic pen-and-wash picture of Old Man Devius and Dr Willy, on
the back cover) had not previously appeared in Peake’s Progress.
Mervyn Peake Review,
1997, No.30, a single
sheet, a crazy cricket team, in ink and coloured wash, produced for his son
Sebastian, signed from Daddy and dated Aug 1953.
Wormwood,
No 4, Spring 2005, front cover previously unpublished drawing.
Not
included on this page are the drawings by Peake that have appeared regularly
in Peake Studies since 1988. For these, see the list of contents
of past issues.