Sketchbook, 1912
Draughtsman: Raverat, Gwendolen
Coverboards covered with white linen. Off-white paper. Collocation: three gatherings containing the following number of leafs: eight (one attached to front cover and three torn out); seven (one has been removed); eight (one attached to back cover). It is probable that one complete gathering has been removed. Page 14 is loose. Remaining pages mostly figure studies. Blank: 19(recto) , 12(recto). Many studies inverted as if back of book used as front.
Method of acquisition: Given (1912) by Gurney, Sophie, Mrs
Production date: AD 1912
Sketchbook contains preliminary drawings and ideas for the engraving: 'Gethsemane' [39] 1912. Also studies for The Women's Hospital for Children (seated woman holding a child on her lap) and assorted figure compositions of a ?religious nature. One portrait identified as 'Gerald Meade' amongst several portrait studies of assorted subjects.
Support
composed of
paper
Coverboards
Height 235 mm
Width 142 mm
Sheet Size
Height 235 mm
Width 142 mm
Inscription present: label outlined in brown crayon
Inscription present: Above the line: How can I die/And go to lie/Out in the cold churchyard/When the babies small/Do cry and call/And kiss their mothers hard/A stone at my head/When I am dead/And a great stone on my feet/And it is spring/And the little birds sing/And cowslips smell so sweet. Below the line: How can I die/And go and lie/Out in the churchyard mould [Out in the cold churchyard]/When it is spring/And the little birds sing/And the cowslips are made of gold[And the cowslips grow so hard]/A stone at my head/When I am dead/And a great stone on my feet/And the babies all/Do cry and call/And kiss their mothers sweet/Babies that I never bore/Little birds I never saw/Kisses that I never felt/Cowslips that I never smelt/God give me good rest say I/For it will be hard to die
Accession number: PD.54-1994
Primary reference Number: 28090
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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