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Staircase hall and group with child in a tantrum: PD.625-1975

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

Staircase hall and group with child in a tantrum

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Raverat, Gwendolen

Entities

Categories

Measurements and weight

Height: 280 mm
Width: 215 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1975) by Gurney, Sophie and Hambro, Elisabeth

Note

Concerned with the illustrations for the book 'Countess Kate' by C.M. Yonge

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Black ink
Graphite

Components of the work

Support composed of tracing paper

Techniques used in production

Drawing : Graphite, pen and black ink on tracing paper; part of the stair banisters, the female figure at the top of the stairs and the child in a tantrum are on separate pieces of tracing paper that have been stuck onto the main sheet

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: 'None of them had even heard anything like it' page 61
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Black ink

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.625-1975
Primary reference Number: 12885
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 11 January 2023 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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