Collection Summary
Brett, Dorothy, 1883-1977
Dorothy Brett Literary File Photography
Collection
1920-1960
PH-02896
30 items
Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin
Thirty photographs of and related to
painter Dorothy Brett (British, 1883-1977) that include portraits of her, Aldous Huxley,
Ottoline Morrell, Alfred Stieglitz, and others.
English
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of 30 photographs of and related to painter Dorothy Brett (British,
1883-1977). Included are portraits and snapshots of Brett as well as prominent artists and
writers that include Aldous Huxley, Ottoline Morrell, Alfred Stieglitz, Marsden Hartley,
John Marin, and Georgia O'Keeffe. An index at the end of this guide lists photographers
whose work is featured in this file. Further descriptions of some items may be available in
a card catalog in the repository.
This file forms a part of the Literary File Collection that is comprised of photographs and
albums withdrawn from the libraries and/or papers of literary figures, and generally include
portraits and images collected by or of those figures.
Acquisition:
Internal transfer
Access:
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Index Terms
Subjects
Brett, Dorothy, 1883-1977.
Gertler, Mark, 1891-1939.
Hartley, Marsden, 1877-1943.
Huxley, Aldous, 1894-1963.
Marin, John, 1870-1953.
Morrell, Ottoline Violet Anne
Cavendish-Bentinck, Lady, 1873-1938.
O'Keeffe, Georgia, 1887-1986.
Stieglitz, Alfred, 1864-1946.
Artists.
Authors.
Photography of art.
Portraits.
Portraits, Group.
Places
South Africa.
Taos (N.M.).
Document Types
Contact prints.
Photographic prints.
Platinum prints.
Preferred Citation
Dorothy Brett Literary File Photography Collection (PH-02896). Harry Ransom Center, The
University of Texas at Austin.
Processed by:
Susan McClellan and Mary Foster, 2006
Related Material
Additional materials by and about Brett are located in the Ransom Center's Library, the
Dorothy Brett Collection (MS-00506), from which these photographs were likely transferred,
and the Dorothy Brett Art Collection (AR-00029).
Container List
Brett, D., Lit File
P1
Platinum print of Brett in Western attire standing outdoors in front of a
doorway, 1932; signed by the photographer (Alan Sylls) at the bottom of image left;
signed by Brett below image right; inscribed on verso: "Dorothy Brett / Dec. 20 1932",
1932.
Brett, D., Lit File
P2-P3
Two variant color portraits, in paper folders, of Brett in a studio
surrounded by paint and paintings.
Brett, D., Lit File
P4
Full front, half figure portrait of Brett standing outdoors; photographer's
embossed stamp on the image recto and his ink stamp and inscription on the image
verso; matted,
1950.
Brett, D., Lit File
P5
Faded contact print of Brett seated outdoors on a lawn chair; inscribed on
verso: "D. Brett."
Brett, D., Lit File
P6-P12
Variant snapshots of Brett, Aldous Huxley, and Mark Gertler, posed on a
lawn.
Brett, D., Lit File
P13
Group portrait of 23 mostly unidentified young men and women, including Brett
and Mark Gertler, at the Slade Picnic at Burnham Beaches,
circa 1912.
Brett, D., Lit File
P14
Photographic postcard portrait of Brett seated outdoors with an unidentified
man and woman.
Brett, D., Lit File
P15-P16
Snapshots of Ottoline Morrell seated outdoors, crocheting.
Brett, D., Lit File
P17
Portrait of Gus Ivan Exers at work on a painting; photographer's stamp on
verso.
Brett, D., Lit File
P18
Snapshot of Marsden Hartley and Dorothy Norman.
Brett, D., Lit File
P19
Snapshot of Marsden Hartley, Dorothy Norman, and Alfred
Stieglitz.
Brett, D., Lit File
P18-P22
Snapshot of Alfred Stieglitz.
Brett, D., Lit File
P21
Snapshot of John Marin.
Brett, D., Lit File
P22
Snapshot of Georgia O'Keeffe.
Brett, D., Lit File
P23
Snapshot of a campsite with a car; inscribed on verso: "Shooting big game in
Zululand 1929 [illegible]",
1929.
Brett, D., Lit File
P24
Snapshot of 2 men on the African veldt; inscribed on verso: "Part of
'Singletree'".
Brett, D., Lit File
P25
Snapshot of a man seated at the base of a monument; inscribed on verso:
"Spion Kop / ME!".
Brett, D., Lit File
P26
Snapshot of a woman seated in a hillside graveyard; inscribed on verso:
"Spion Kop".
Brett, D., Lit File
P27
Image (published by the British Museum) of part of the north frieze of the
Parthenon.
Brett, D., Lit File
P28
Image of 2 paintings by Georgia O'Keeffe hanging on a wall (at American
Place?),
circa 1930.
Brett, D., Lit File
P29
Portrait of an unidentified young woman (Brett?); illegible inscription on
verso.
Lit File OV Box, Medium
P30
Portrait of Brett standing in front of a white wall decorated with Native
American motifs; mounted and inscribed by the photographer on lower mount recto:
"Brett" and "Will Connell"; inscribed on lower right corner of mount verso: "Property
of Spud Johnson / Taos N.M.".
Index of Photographers
- Brett, Dorothy, 1883-1977--P15-P16, P18-P26, P28
- Connell, Will, 1898-1961--P30
- Moderne Studio--P17
- Sylls, Alan--P1
- Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964--P4