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Couple with children riding tricycles: PD.422-1975

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

Couple with children riding tricycles

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Raverat, Gwendolen

Entities

Categories

Measurements and weight

Height: 174 mm
Width: 167 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, some selotape on back

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: "Sport " The body is too fat and the arms are too short / people from left to right: Charles, My Mother, Sancho, me, my Father
  • Location: Upper margin
  • Method of creation: Black ink
  • Text: The family / outing
  • Location: Upper right
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Text: Ch XII / p 10
  • Location: Upper right
  • Method of creation: Red chalk
  • Text: Sancho is saying: "How fast they go! It must be 5 or 6 miles an hour, but of course they never..." (paper torn at this point)
  • Location: Lower margin
  • Method of creation: Black ink
  • Text: (measurements and instructions for printing)
  • Method of creation: Blue chalk and graphite
  • Text: 8693
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Graphite

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.422-1975
Primary reference Number: 12682
Stable URI

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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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Couple with children riding tricycles" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/12682 Accessed: 2024-11-22 05:58:56

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{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/12682 |title=Couple with children riding tricycles |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-22 05:58:56|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

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