1592995840000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-17410 1760552642063 1760544692000 1760552445924 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-17410 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/17410 257fe9db-f296-3da3-aef4-b1454d1207eb 7 reference term-97946 adlib-term-97946 388f10ba-526c-32ab-869a-65750eb7faac drawing reference term-106206 adlib-term-106206 da969d02-66a2-3e51-8dde-d1d8613f2ff6 paper Support Paintings, Drawings and Prints PD.5-1990 1 accession number PD.5-1990 17410 priref 17410 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/17410 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/17410 lower right Joan Hassall signature in the artist's hand below centre BEDROOM No. 8 IN THE OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE CLUB ? by the artist on behalf of the author below centre In this room, in the bed years between July 194 and September 1944 / I wrote three novels: PIED PIPER, MOST SECRETand PASTORAL / May those who occupy it rest safely as I did Signed: 'Neil Shute Norway old frame, verso typed slip Mr Norway adds the following additional explanation of the picture / In 1940 it was thought that England was in imminent danger of invasion by the / Germans. All officers in the country were ordered to carry gas masks and tin hats and revolvers with ammunition, at all times and in all places; these objects were therefore common in the bedrooms of the Club. reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum reference agent-149645 adlib-agent-149645 10925b71-6838-30f7-a8dd-b68a2afaa14d The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum 1990 1990 1990 given 1944 1944 Date from inscription 1944 draughtsman reference agent-154214 adlib-agent-154214 f5527476-2245-3834-a8a6-892911167488 Hassall, Joan reference term-107003 adlib-term-107003 6bfae9de-212e-3a35-9034-289b230284ff 1940s Height mm 538 Width mm 405 reference term-106207 adlib-term-106207 db58bae6-9f6a-3aca-bda4-ae04968b9dfc black ink reference term-106211 adlib-term-106211 a643b236-c3c1-3854-ba79-8c4da8aa6dfc watercolour reference term-31041 adlib-term-31041 777e9d03-48c7-3aba-a563-03dee309fe95 graphite reference media-13288 adlib-media-13288 8d0d7feb-f9be-366a-bf16-8981f938b850 jpeg pdp/pdp13/PD_5_1990.jpg 1 height pixels 760 width pixels 571 1742580829470 1 image jpeg pdp/pdp13/mid_PD_5_1990.jpg 1 height pixels 665 width pixels 500 1742580829470 1 image jpeg pdp/pdp13/PD_5_1990.jpg 1 height pixels 760 width pixels 571 1742580829470 1 image jpeg pdp/pdp13/preview_PD_5_1990.jpg 1 height pixels 333 width pixels 250 1742580829470 1 image 0 media image reference term-97946 adlib-term-97946 388f10ba-526c-32ab-869a-65750eb7faac drawing history note Sotheby's, 30 November 1989, lot 356, bought by Shaunagh Fitzgerald on behalf of the Friends reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum reference term-9168 adlib-term-9168 6b0c59e1-73cc-3b5c-8e54-56f42806ba6f British

reference term-97946 adlib-term-97946 388f10ba-526c-32ab-869a-65750eb7faac drawing

drawing pen and black ink with watercolour over graphite on paper reference term-106211 adlib-term-106211 a643b236-c3c1-3854-ba79-8c4da8aa6dfc watercolour object OBJECT