Design for Samuel to Psalms - Tailpiece: PD.224-1985

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Titles

Design for Samuel to Psalms - Tailpiece
The Nonesuch Press Bible
Sketch

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Gooden, Stephen Frederick

Entities

Drawing

Categories

Drawing

Legal notes

Allocated by H.M. Treasury through the Minister of the Arts, accepted in lieu of capital taxes

Measurements and weight

Height: 174 mm
Width: 155 mm

Relative size of this object

What does this represent?

Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1985-04) by Keynes, Sir Geoffrey

Dating

1925 - 1926

Note

Design for the tailpiece (P.105-1985) to Samuel to Psalms, The Holy Bible, London, The Nonesuch Press, 1925.

School or Style

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Brown ink
Graphite
Wash

Components of the work

Support composed of paper ( laid down)

Techniques used in production

Drawing : Graphite, pen and brown ink, wash, on paper

Inscription or legends present

Text: Stephen Gooden 26
Location: Lower right
Method of creation: Graphite
Type: Signature

Text: G.L.K. 10. I. 27
Location: Verso lower left
Method of creation: Graphite

Inscription present: Keynes' stamp

Text: CAVE CANES
Location: Verso lower left
Method of creation: Red ink
Type: Stamp

Related exhibitions

Prints by Stephen Gooden (1892-1955) from the Collection of Sir Geoffrey Keynes

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.224-1985
Primary reference Number: 2291
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020

Associated departments & institutions

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

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            The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Design for Samuel to Psalms - Tailpiece" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/2291 Accessed: 2023-02-01 07:15:59

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            University of Cambridge}}

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