Skip to main content

Sheet of various studies for costumes and the temple cut out of paper and card and stuck on: PD.828-1975

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

Sheet of various studies for costumes and the temple cut out of paper and card and stuck on

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Raverat, Gwendolen

Entities

Categories

Acquisition and important dates

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

Note

Study for the set and costumes of the University Musical Society's presentation of 'SAMSON'

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Black ink
Watercolour
Blue ink
Graphite

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Sheet Size Height 289 mm Width 227 mm

Techniques used in production

Drawing : Graphite, pen, black and blue inks, and watercolour on paper

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Temple / pillars and temple front
  • Location: Study for pillars and architrave of temple on card: m. left
  • Method of creation: Ink
  • Text: Two dancing girls
  • Location: Figure drawing upper left: upper margin
  • Method of creation: Ink
  • Text: trousers / cut with / flounces / up at sides
  • Location: Figure drawing upper left: left of drawing
  • Method of creation: Ink
  • Text: transparent / white stuff / transparent
  • Location: Figure drawing upper left: right of drawing
  • Method of creation: Ink
  • Text: Dalila
  • Location: Figure drawing upper right: main sheet below drawing
  • Method of creation: Ink
  • Text: Dancing Girl
  • Location: Figure drawing, lower left: main sheet below drawing
  • Method of creation: Ink
  • Text: Jews: black pointed caps / with hair sewed on, black / beards and black gowns with grey edges / there were no other colours: the shape was like this / picture but not the colours (some words in these inscriptions have been crossed out and a figure is indicated with an arrow)
  • Location: Figure drawing, lower centre: main sheet, below drawing
  • Method of creation: Ink
  • Text: Dalila's attendants
  • Location: Figure drawing lower right: on main sheet below drawing
  • Method of creation: Red ink

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.828-1975
Primary reference Number: 13088
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 30 September 2019 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 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) "Sheet of various studies for costumes and the temple cut out of paper and card and stuck on" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/13088 Accessed: 2024-11-25 18:18:19

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/13088 |title=Sheet of various studies for costumes and the temple cut out of paper and card and stuck on |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-25 18:18:19|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-13088

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...