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Sketchbook, 1926: PD.69-1994

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

Sketchbook, 1926

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Raverat, Gwendolen

Categories

Description

Coverboards covered in white linen. Off-white paper. Collocation: four gatherings containing the following number of folios: eight (one attached to front cover); eight; eight; eight (one attached to back cover). Both sides of each sheet used except 5(verso), 6 (verso) (both with offsets) also 14(recto) and 15(verso). Assorted studies, mostly of women, usually partially curled and with faces hidden/eyes averted. One portrait study of a head, titled 'Katharine' on page 7(recto) also repeated on page 8(recto).

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Production date: AD 1926

Note

This sketchbook contains preliminary ideas and drawings for: 'Sleepers' [141], ?1927. 'The Princess Lost No. 1' [132], 1926. 'The Wicked Queen' [144], ?1928. 'Chloe Bathes' [155], 1934. 'The River Bank' [135], 1926. 'Daphnis Bathes' [153], 1934.

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Graphite

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Coverboards Height 230 mm Width 141 mm
Sheet Size Height 233 mm Width 141 mm

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: in the artist's hand

  • Text: 1926
  • Location: Outside front cover
  • Method of creation: Pen and black ink

Inscription present: in the artist's hand

  • Text: G / 1926 / 26
  • Location: Spine
  • Method of creation: Pen and black ink

Inscription present: sideways to leaf, in the artist's hand

  • Text: Dancing boys / Bowl players / Fair Sex / 2 boys [crossed through] / Sailor's wife
  • Location: Inside front cover
  • Method of creation: Graphite

Inscription present: three addresses in London, in the artist's hand

  • Location: Inside front cover
  • Method of creation: Graphite

Inscription present: sideways on leaf and upside down

  • Text: m - r f m r s, - t , d r d m r d / r - d r m r d, / r d t, s, d / s, - t, d r - s, d -.
  • Location: Inside front cover
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Text: 11th June [underlined by artist] / korn / Cornalison / Gr Queen St.
  • Location: Inside back cover

Inscription present: a list of seven of her engravings under the above heading

  • Text: Soc. of Wood Engravers 1926
  • Location: Inside back cover
  • Method of creation: Pen and black ink
  • Text: Manufactured by / PERCY YOUNG / ENGLISH & FOREIGN / ARTISTS' COLOURMAN / GOWER ST., W.C., / London, England / {Sketch Books a SpĂ©cialitĂ©.)
  • Location: Inside back cover, lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed label

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Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.69-1994
Primary reference Number: 27985
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Audit data

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