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Four seated figures by a fence: PD.417-1975

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

Four seated figures by a fence

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Raverat, Gwendolen

Entities

Categories

Measurements and weight

Height: 123 mm
Width: 213 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1975) by Gurney, Sophie and Hambro, Elisabeth

Note

Concerned with the illustrations for 'PERIOD PIECE' by Gwen Raverat

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Black ink

Components of the work

Support composed of tracing paper

Techniques used in production

Drawing : Pen and black ink on tracing paper

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: 24
  • Location: Upper left
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Text: 73
  • Location: Upper left
  • Method of creation: Blue chalk
  • Text: Chapter XIV p. 16 Heroic survivors of the picnic from a photograph / taken just before their rescue. Left to right Uncle Frank, Uncle / Horace, Aunt Etty Aunt Ida, my mother. My father had shamefully / given in already ahd has started off on the long walk home, unable / to bear any more hardships. Aunt Ida alone still has a gallent smile / glued to her face. The trees round Byron's Pool are seen in the distance.
  • Location: Left margin
  • Method of creation: Black ink
  • Text: 615
  • Location: Upper right
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Text: (instructions and measurements for printing)
  • Location: Lower margin
  • Method of creation: Graphite and blue chalk

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.417-1975
Primary reference Number: 12677
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 11 January 2023 Last processed: Monday 18 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

Citation for print

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