The Chateau les Baux: 1088

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Titles

The Chateau les Baux

Maker(s)

Branson, Olive

Entities

Drawing

Description

Provence

Legal notes

Given by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum, 1923

Measurements and weight

Height: 390 mm
Width: 484 mm

Relative size of this object

What does this represent?

Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1923) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Grey wash
Black ink
Black chalk

Components of the work

Support composed of paper ( brown)

Techniques used in production

Drawing : Pen and black ink, black chalk, grey wash on brown paper

Inscription or legends present

Text: O. Branson
Location: Lower left
Method of creation: Graphite
Type: Signature

Text: The Chateau les Baux / (Miss) Olive Branson / c/o Mrs. Wheatley, Veil Avenue / Chelsea
Location: Old frame, verso
Method of creation: MS label, ink

Inscription present: from the Evening Standard, May 1, 1929, with photograph of Olive Branson

Text: Englishwoman Mystery ; (below photograph) Miss Olive Branson the wealthy Englishwoman who was found shot dead / in a reservoir near her home at Les Baux, Marseilles - "Evening Standard" / Special Picture"
Location: Old frame, verso
Method of creation: Cutting

Text: Chapman Bros., Picture Restorers, King's Road, London, S.W.
Location: Old frame, verso
Method of creation: Label

Location: Old frame, verso

Identification numbers

Accession number: 1088
Primary reference Number: 9092
Stable URI

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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