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The artist's first wife, Daisy Monica Hawkins: PD.109-1990

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

The artist's first wife, Daisy Monica Hawkins

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Holloway, Edgar

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: The artist

Legal notes

From the Biffen Fund.

Measurements and weight

Height: 384 mm
Width: 287 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1990) by Holloway, Edgar

Dating

Production date: circa AD 1943 : Holloway met Daisy Hawkins in 1943 at the guesthouse run by Eric Gill's daughter, Betty, where he had gone to recuperate from an illness; they married six weeks later. According to Holloway (see letter in file), this drawing was made a few months after their marriage in 1943, when they rented a farmhouse half a mile off the road in the Black Mountains near Capel-y-ffin. Daisy Monica (?) was one of Eric Gill's favourite models. She died in 1979.

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Grey wash
Pink wash
Ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper ( thick, brown)

Techniques used in production

Pen and ink : Pen and ink, pink and grey wash on thick brown paper

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Edgar Holloway
  • Location: Upper right
  • Method of creation: Ink
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Girl knitting
  • Location: Below image, lower left
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Text: R 19 x 16 / no 3
  • Location: Lowr right
  • Method of creation: Graphite

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.109-1990
Primary reference Number: 11541
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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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