George Worsley Adamson
 
1913–2005

Works by George Adamson held in public collections
Item	Collection	City	Accession no.	Year acquired
St Andrews Cathedral (etching bought by Robert Fleming Holdings Ltd., picture now owned by the Fleming Wyfold Art Foundation)	The Fleming Wyfold Art Foundation	London	-	c. 1989
Publishers’ Marks (Set of drawings first published in Punch, but colophon for André Deutsch in André Deutsch collection, Oxford Brookes University)	Bibliotheek van de Universiteit van Amsterdam (tbc)	Amsterdam		1977
Publishers’ Marks (Colophon for André Deutsch from set of drawings first published in Punch)	The Andre Deutsch Collection, Oxford Brookes University	Oxford		August 1963 (by André Deutsch)
Filming ‘The Onedin Line’, Exeter, 1980 dry-point	Ashmolean Museum	Oxford	Archival collection of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers on long-term loan to the museum (RE596)
A Journey. 1938 Signed in pencil Geo W Adamson. Inscribed with the title and State 6 Strang print and numbered 10/65. The artist spent an eight hour shift in a coal mine, one mile below the surface, making notes for this print. This impression was made by David Strang.	Victoria & Albert Museum	London	E416-1981 press mark MP 3	1981
Whit Monday, St Mary’s Wigan a recent (ie 1980) print from a plate of 1947. Signed in pencil George Adamson, inscribed with the title and R Michell imp and numbered 14/35	Victoria & Albert Museum	London	E417-1981 press mark MP 3	1981
Whit Monday, St. Mary’s, Wigan etching and drypoint 1947 Signed, dated, titled and numbered 1/35	British Museum	London	0725.21	1981
Whit Monday, St. Mary’s, Wigan etching and drypoint 1947 Edition number: 18/35	New York Public Library	New York City	-	1983
‘A Dreadful Incident at the Museum’ (pen, ink and charcoal) and other humorous drawings on the museum’s natural history collection	Royal Albert Memorial Museum	Exeter	444/1980	1980
Filming ‘The Onedin Line’, Exeter, 1980 dry-point, printed by R. Michell	Royal Albert Memorial Museum	Exeter	215/1981	1981
Savoy Chip Shop, Wigan etching	Royal Albert Memorial Museum	Exeter	563/1997	1997
Police sedan chair	House of Humor	Gabrovo, Bulgaria	1102	20/08/1975
Politician being interviewed	House of Humor	Gabrovo, Bulgaria	1271	23/10/1975
Photographer holding up Mr Punch like a jack-in-a-box to the dog Toby seated on a pedestal.	House of Humor	Gabrovo, Bulgaria	12/29	28/01/1985
Awaiting train to port of embarkation (Dallas, 1941)	Imperial War Museum	London	LD.3356	1943
Personnel Despatch Unit (Dallas, 1941)	Imperial War Museum	London	LD.3357	1943
The Mess (Iceland, 1941)	to be confirmed		-	-
Trainees aboard ship (1941, North Atlantic)	Imperial War Museum	London	LD.3358	1943
Officers’ Mess Christmas Party (Greenock, 1943)	to be confirmed		-	-
Waders Dressing for a Launching (Greenock, 1943)	to be confirmed; preliminary sketch in the George W. Adamson Archive		-	-
Waders Having a Rum Ration after Duty (Greenock, 1943)	to be confirmed, published in Two Ten Two Six, the journal of the 210 Flying Boat Squadron Association, Spring 2003, p. 11		-	-
Major Inspection (Greenock, 1943)	to be confirmed		-	-
U-boat Hunters (Liberators on a Runway) (St Eval, 1943)	RAF Museum, Hendon	London	WAAC no. LD3853/44 RAF no. FA03038	1944
Met. Office, Pembroke Dock (1943)	RAF Museum, Hendon, published in Two Ten Two Six, the journal of the 210 Flying Boat Squadron Association, Spring 2003, p. 12	London	WAAC no. LD3854 RAF no. FA03031	1944
Compass Swinging Catalinas at Pembroke Dock (1943)	RAF Museum, Hendon, published in Two Ten Two Six, the journal of the 210 Flying Boat Squadron Association, Spring 2003, p. 12	London	FA03027	1944
Australian Squadron ‘being photographed’, Pembroke Dock (1943)	to be confirmed, but published in Two Ten Two Six, the journal of the 210 Flying Boat Squadron Association, Spring 2003, p. 11		WAAC no. LD.3856/44	1944
Whit Monday, St. Mary’s, Wigan etching and dry-point 1948 Inscribed in pencil: Whit Monday, St Mary’s, Wigan / George Adamson / 4th state / David Strang imp.	Ulster Museum	Belfast	P647	1980
Filming ‘The Onedin Line’, Exeter, 1980 dry-point Inscribed in pencil: Filming the Onedin Line, Exeter / George Adamson 1980 / Richard Michell imp.	Ulster Museum	Belfast	P648	1980
John Ogdon at the Piano aquatint Inscribed in pencil: John Ogdon at the Piano. State ten / George Adamson 1979 / Richard Michell imp.	Ulster Museum	Belfast	P649	1980
See Ashmolean Museum entry above	RE Gallery	London
Wigan Fair black & white etching, signed artist’s proof	Wigan Heritage Service	Wigan	B39.008	1939
A Journey etching	Wigan Heritage Service	Wigan	B39.009	1939
Whit Monday, St Mary’s, Wigan print	Wigan Heritage Service	Wigan	B39.016	1939

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