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Titles
Sketchbook, May to September 1928
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).
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Given
(1994)
by
Gurney, Sophie, Mrs
Dating
1928-05
-
1928-09
Note
This sketchbook contains preliminary ideas and sketches for the following engravings:
'Chloe kisses Daphne' [154], 1934.
'The Ship' [161], 1934.
'The Darant' [179], 1929.
'Misbourne' [180], 1929.
'Apple Pickers' [142], ?1927.
'Daphnis asks Forgiveness' [175], 1934.
'Daphnis trims the Goats' [171], 1934.
'Sleepers' [141], 1927.
'Summer in the Mountains' [148], 1934.
'The Roding' [178], 1929.
'The Ver' [181], 1919.
'The Threshing Machine' [187], ?1930.
'July' [194], 1930.
There are other preliminary ideas for 'Daphnis and Chloe', 1934.
School or Style
British
Materials used in production
Blue-black ink
Graphite
Components of the work
Support
composed of
paper
Coverboards
Height 231 mm
Width 140 mm
Sheet Size
Height 233 mm
Width 141 mm
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: in the artist's hand
- Text: May 1928
- Location: Spine
- Method of creation: Pen and black ink
Inscription present: in the artist's hand
- Text: May / 1928
- Location: Outside front cover
- Method of creation: Pen and black ink
Inscription present: the artist has inscribed a number of lists of her engravings and drawings and two whom they have been sent, together with one of them to be taken to Escures and other notes.
- Location: Inside front cover
- Method of creation: Graphite, pen, blue ink and blue-black ink
Inscription present: the artist's daughter, Sophie, has written her name and drawn a line through it
- Location: Inside front cover
Inscription present: a number of names, addresses, notes and lists have been inscribed, including list of engravings sent to the Society of Wood Engravers in November 1928
- Location: Inside back cover
- Method of creation: Graphite, pen and blue-black ink
- Text: Manufactured by / PERCY YOUNG, / ENGLISH & FOREIGN / ARTISTS' COLOURMAN / GOWER ST., W.C., / London, England. / (Sketch Books a Spécialité.)
- Location: Inside back cover, lower left
- Method of creation: Printed label
Identification numbers
Accession number: PD.72-1994
Primary reference Number: 28007
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Monday 18 December 2023
Last processed: Monday 18 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
