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"An Illustrious Personage": PD.965-1963

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

"An Illustrious Personage"

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Beerbohm, Max

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: Leicester Galleries; W.A. Evill

Measurements and weight

Height: 301 mm
Width: 218 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1963) by Evill, Wilfrid Ariel

Dating

Production date: AD 1949

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Watercolour
Graphite

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Techniques used in production

Watercolour : Graphite and watercolour on photostat paper

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: An illustrious Personage Max
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: 1949
  • Location: Below the above inscription
  • Type: Date

Inscription present: in a circle

  • Text: 10
  • Location: Verso

Inscription present: in a circle

  • Text: 12
  • Location: Verso
  • Text: No. 19
  • Location: On glass
  • Method of creation: Label
  • Text: No. 86
  • Location: On glass
  • Method of creation: Label

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.965-1963
Primary reference Number: 8800
Stable URI

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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