Four seated figures by a fence: PD.417-1975

Materials used in production

Black ink

Components of the work

Support composed of tracing paper

Techniques used in production

Drawing : Pen and black ink on tracing paper

Inscription or legends present

• Text: 24
• Location: Upper left
• Method of creation: Graphite

• Text: 73
• Location: Upper left
• Method of creation: Blue chalk

• Text: Chapter XIV p. 16 Heroic survivors of the picnic from a photograph / taken just before their rescue. Left to right Uncle Frank, Uncle / Horace, Aunt Etty Aunt Ida, my mother. My father had shamefully / given in already ahd has started off on the long walk home, unable / to bear any more hardships. Aunt Ida alone still has a gallent smile / glued to her face. The trees round Byron's Pool are seen in the distance.
• Location: Left margin
• Method of creation: Black ink

• Text: 615
• Location: Upper right
• Method of creation: Graphite

• Text: (instructions and measurements for printing)
• Location: Lower margin
• Method of creation: Graphite and blue chalk

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.417-1975
Primary reference Number: 12677
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Audit data

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints