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Paintings and a drawing created by  Barbara Lievesley while at Netherne Hospital in Surrey.

Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)

Adamson Collection

Identified works created in Adamson's studios

Six numbered sailing boats in a body of water

Four horses in different poses on a yellow and red ground

Floral design on a multicoloured background

The outline of a horse in orange

An interlocking pattern of different coloured triangles, some with stripes

Shells, fish and seaweed in bright colours on an orange and brown ground

Scene of a horse race

A wash of colours with green swirls and lines overlaid

Curved lines with areas of diagonal, vertical and horizontal lines

Interlocking curved shapes in bright colours

Interlocking swirls in red, orange, yellow and gold with lines of circles drawn over the top

Brightly coloured shapes outlined in black

A seated figure with a shoulder bag under a large tree looking out at a landscape with a river and hills

Patches in colours of the rainbow

A landscape with a path and a large tree in the foreground

Two trees and a bush with leaves in the form of eyes

"Tooth brushes"

Works by Attwood, Frank

Head and torso of a woman holding a small child

Works by Ballarin, Catarina

Works by B, S.

Works by Beatty, Elizabeth

Works by Bebbington, Betty

Works by Beegan, J. J.

Works by Bell, Stuart

Works by Bellatti, Elizabeth Anne

Works by Bentall, Patricia

Works by Birch, Eric

Works by Birch, Martin

Works by Bishop, Mary

"Windows"

Works by Bonwick, Gillian

Works by Bottomley, Roger

Works by Bowman, Jean

Multiple figures climbing a hill and falling off the end in black

Works by Buckman, Bernard

Works by Calver, Roger

Two humanoid cats, one seated, and one standing holding mice in both hands in front of a koi pond

Works by Campbell, Hugh

Works by Candy, E.

An orange loop and diagonal line, green circles, brown crosses and brown blotches

Works by Caton, Christopher

Black cat looking at a small blue mouse in front

Works by Chandler, Robert

Studies of women and horses

A green hand reaching out from swirling water towards a cave in a mountainous landscape

Works by Coates, Robert

Notebook containing various papercut art

Works by Cohen, Joseph

Works by Coppard, Fay

Red sunset above a calm sea

Works by Croney, Isobel

Works by C, E.T

Works by Dare, Anthony

Works by Davidson, Paul

Crowd of humanoid figures in blue and red

Works by Dawe

Works by Day, Patricia

Works by Deane,  Winifred

"Daily express. Daily mirror"

Interior of a church containing black pews with silver and red finials, and a gold and red archway

Works by Dunleary, Jean

Works by Edwards, Hazel

Works by E.

Works by Feaver, Inga

Works by Field, Trevor

Works by Francesca

Works by Fraser, David

Works by Gander, Hillary

"Holidays in Sunshine at Bognor Regis"

Works by Gensler, Mavis

Works by Gerard

Works by Gigg, Rosemary

Works by Gilchrist, Samuel

Works by Goullet, Nancy

Works by Greig, Helen

Works by Gurr, Graham

Works by Hammond, Karen

Works by Hampshire, Ronald

Works by Hancock, Cicely

Three cars driving along a curved road with grass covered hills, a lake and mountains in the background

Works by Harding, F.M

Works by Harewood, Duncan

Works by Hart, Thea E.

"From Russia with love"

Works by Hayman, Eric

Works by Hibert, R.

Works by Hills, Sally

Works by Hine, W.

Various shapes overlaid with text in pencil and paint

Works by Hitchen, Brian

An older woman and a small dog seated in the clouds with a god-like figure and two satellites above

A large field with a pond in the foreground, three trees and a house in the background

Works by H, J.

Works by Hussey, Derek

Works by Hutcheson, Kathleen

Works by J.

"Road to Recovery"

Works by Joyce, K.

Works by K, P.L

Works by Koren, Danielle

Scenes representing parts of life shown in cells of an underground grotto.

Conical tents in blue, green, black and grey on a pink, purple and yellow background

Works by L.

Works by Lawrence, Joan

Works by Lawrence, Stephen

Works by Leathers, Ray

A ploughed field, a wheatfield, a tree and a road between two green hills

Works by L, A.

Works by Lewis, Muriel

Works by Longdon, Patricia

Works by Lorraine, Mary

A crop field divided by a fence with gate consisting of patterns of straight lines in different orientations

Works by Marsden, D.

Works by Marshall, Brenda

Works by Mason, Hilda

Works by Mason, Thomas

Jagged lines in black, purple, orange and green with areas of light blue

Life story with twenty-two standing figures with arms outstretched

Head and torso of a woman with a landscape and animals in green, blue and pink in the background

"Humoresque II"

Works by McNaughton, P.

Works by Meredith, David Thomas

Works by Millburn, Joan

Works by Mole, John

A figure standing in a long corridor made up of oval patterns

Red grey and black strata with an eye above

A beach, sea and blue sky

Works by Niles, Marion

Works by O'Conner, Michael

Works by O'Shea, Paddy

Works by Oultram, Mavis

Humanoid figures, some dismembered, and a figure in black, with black snakes, the face of an owl, and a large white dove above

Works by Parker, Janet

Works by Parks, Margaret

Yellow, black and red lines and patches linked together

A human figure with the head of a dog being blown away from the door of an orange house

An angel by a gate and a devil by a fire divided by a horizontal line

Works by Pearce, Gillian

Three adults and four children standing in a line, with pink and white flowers below and a strip of red, blue and white squares above

Works by Lievesley, Barbara

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