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Visitor Attendance Book

A handwritten book with details of visitor attendance figures to exhibitions and workshops at the South London Art Gallery from 1982 to 1992.

Annual report for 1893

A pamphlet produced by the South London Fine Art Gallery dated 30 July 1894 to 31 May 1895. Includes: the annual report for 1893; a transcript of an address given by Herbert Beerbohm Tree at the 26th annual meeting of the gallery; rules for visito...

Annual meeting registers

Signatures of those who attended the 23rd, 24th and 25th annual meetings, in 1891, 1892 and 1893 respectively.(It is not known why or by whom the date stamps were added.)

Annual report for 1885

Two copies of the annual report for 1885 of the South London Fine Art Gallery. The report includes: the number of visitors; a list of donations of books; a list of works of art lent (or given) to the gallery; receipts; expenditure; subscriptions a...

Report of Building Fund

Two copies of a report on the progression of building works of the new gallery. Completion of the gallery had been delayed due to a problem raising the necessary funds, as explained by a section in the report dated 1 January 1891: 'Unfortunat...

Speech by Henry Irving

A typescript copy of a speech delivered by Henry Irving at a public meeting on 18 July 1890 [the speech was reproduced in a pamphlet produced by the South London Fine Art Gallery in which it is stated that the meeting took place at the Suffolk Str...

Reproduction of Portland House

A sheet of paper with a copy of a reproduction of the outside of Portland House (the house which William Rossiter bought in 1889 and which opened in May 1891 as the South London Fine Art Gallery), and a copy of a reproduction of the lecture hall a...

Letter to Tommy Steele

A letter from Kenneth Sharpe (Keeper of the South London Art Gallery) to the entertainer Tommy Steele, dated 28 November 1980 (written in response to a letter from Tommy Steele, not found).

Letter from Francis Knollys

Letter from Francis Knollys, secretary to the Prince of Wales, dated 18 September 1893, about opening the new lecture hall at the gallery.

Accident book

A book in which accidents which had taken place at the gallery were recorded; only limited information is given.

Annual report for 1889

Annual report of the South London Fine Art Gallery for 1889. Includes information about the gallery's move in 1887 to Battersea, and plans to build a new permanent gallery.

Pamphlet: South London Art Gallery

A pamphlet about the South London Art Gallery, produced by the Borough of Camberwell, including three reproductions of black-and-white photographs (of the Ruskin Gallery, the Passmore Edwards Gallery and the Engraving Gallery). The typescript text...

Trust Deed

The trust deed, drawn up between the members of the gallery's council and the gallery's trustees, dated 25 May 1891.