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Sketchbook, ?1924: PD.168-1994

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Titles

Sketchbook, ?1924

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Raverat, Gwendolen

Categories

Description

Coverboards comprising thick light brown millboard. Off-white paper with strong watermark running vertically down outer edge of leaves in the form of writing turned on its side (address of papermaker?). The folios are sewn and then bound together with pieces of linen. There are two pieces of laid paper glued each side of the spine. The second page has been left out of the numbering, which goes 1 2, 3, etc. Blank pages: 1.5verso, 2verso, 5verso, 7 recto-8verso, 11recto-12verso, 15verso (with black chalk offset), 16verso-18verso, 20recto-26recto, 28recto.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1994) by Gurney, Sophie, Mrs

Dating

Production date: ? AD 1924

Note

Portrait identified as Jean Marchand Page 6, recto. Portrait identified as Elizabeth Page 13, verso. Inverted blue-painted watercolour of a twisting wall Page 27 verso.

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Black ink
Graphite
Wax crayon

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Sheet Size Height 340 mm Width 516 mm
Coverboards Height 344 mm Width 260 mm

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.168-1994
Primary reference Number: 27961

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 (2024) "Sketchbook, ?1924" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/27961 Accessed: 2024-04-27 23:54:51

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