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Fairy Queen: PD.764-1975

Awaiting location update

Titles

Fairy Queen

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Raverat, Gwendolen

Entities

Categories

Measurements and weight

Height: 82 mm
Width: 101 mm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Note

Concerned with designs for costumes and sets for the book of the play 'Crossings', a fairy play by Walter de la Mare

School or Style

British

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: Fairy Queen Act V
  • Location: Lower left
  • Method of creation: Black ink
  • Text: Crossings
  • Location: Upper left
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Text: SS
  • Location: Upper right
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Text: return Cro ...al ss
  • Location: Right hand margin
  • Method of creation: Graphiet
  • Text: (numbered for printing)
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Graphite

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.764-1975
Primary reference Number: 13024

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 11 January 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Fairy Queen" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/13024 Accessed: 2024-05-05 02:20:31

Citation for Wikipedia

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{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/13024 |title=Fairy Queen |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-05-05 02:20:31|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

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