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The Chateau les Baux: 1088

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Titles

The Chateau les Baux

Maker(s)

Branson, Olive

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Description

Provence

Legal notes

Given by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum, 1923

Measurements and weight

Height: 390 mm
Width: 484 mm

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

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 11 March 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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