[The Poet Rochester, His Friends and Enemies, National Portrait Gallery, unpublished, 1999]

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Series[UMA-SRE-20140046] PRINT JOURNALISMAccession[2014.0038] GERMAINE GREER ARCHIVEIdentifierUMA-ITE-2014004600549Scope and ContentContains: Substantial cache of correspondence between the National Portrait Gallery, Germaine Greer, Germaine Greer's office and her agent, Gillon Aitken Associates, regarding a small, illustrated book (8000 words) on John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester to have been called 'The Poet Rochester: His Friends and Enemies'. Greer withdrew her text because of a dispute over illustrations and the book was not published. Also contains: photocopied portraits for proposed book; Memorandum of agreement; Greer's wish list of characters for the book; handwritten letter from Greer to Lucy Clark; copy of Dr Johnson, His Club and Other Friends (Character Sketch). Subjects: John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester; Character Sketches; National Portrait Gallery Publications; Kill fees.Access StatusAccess restrictions applyRequest TypeRequest unitUnit2014.0046 Unit 0009

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CreatorGreer, GermaineRoleProvenance

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Date1998-1999

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Previous System ID2014.0046.00549

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[The Poet Rochester, His Friends and Enemies, National Portrait Gallery, unpublished, 1999]