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'Battledore and Shuttlecock': PD.717-1975

Awaiting location update

Titles

'Battledore and Shuttlecock'

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Raverat, Gwendolen

Entities

Categories

Acquisition and important dates

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

Note

Concerned with the illustrations for the book 'Countess Kate' by C.M. Yonge

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Black ink

Components of the work

Support composed of tracing paper
Tracing Paper Height 167 mm Width 145 mm
Large Sheet Height 195 mm Width 159 mm

Techniques used in production

Drawing : Pen and black ink on tracing paper, surrounded by graphite margins, secured by selotape at the corners onto larger sheet of thick paper

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: GR
  • Location: Lower left
  • Method of creation: Black ink
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Battledore and Shuttlecock
  • Location: Lower left, within margin lines
  • Method of creation: Black ink
  • Text: Battledore and Shuttlecock
  • Location: Lower left, outside margin line
  • Method of creation: Black ink
  • Text: Battledore and Shuttlecock / Countess Kate (this last underlined)
  • Location: Lower centre of mount
  • Method of creation: Blue ink

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.717-1975
Primary reference Number: 12977

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 11 January 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "'Battledore and Shuttlecock'" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/12977 Accessed: 2024-05-07 06:24:35

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{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/12977 |title='Battledore and Shuttlecock' |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-05-07 06:24:35|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

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