Skip to main content

L'armoire à glàce: 2526

An image of Drawing
View image details Mirador icon - view image Mirador deep zoom IIIF Manifest IIIF Manifest Slow looking

Terms of use

The low-resolution images published on this Website are made available under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (CC BY-NC-ND). For more details: Fitzwilliam Terms of Use

This licence does not include any images of works that are still in copyright. Artistic copyright extends from the life of the artist to 70 years from the end of the calendar year in which the artist died.

Download this image

For further information on use of images or to license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who can discuss terms and fees.

Alternative views

An image of Drawing
Awaiting location update

Titles

L'armoire à glàce

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Sickert, Walter Richard

Entities

Categories

Measurements and weight

Height: 270 mm
Width: 185 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1943) by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray

Note

A study for the painting in the Tate Gallery dated 1924. Sickert studied this subject in Dieppe in 1922. The etching of the subject is dated 1922.

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Purple ink
Whitening

Components of the work

Support composed of paper ( purple, faded to grey)

Techniques used in production

Drawing (image-making) : Pen and purple ink with white highlights on purple paper faded to grey

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: L'armoir à glàce
  • Location: Lower left
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Text: Gold
  • Location: Below centre
  • Method of creation: Ink
  • Text: Edge Right colours / 2nd straw colour Wenl (?) colour
  • Location: Below centre, below the above
  • Method of creation: Ink
  • Text: Rd: St : / A.R.A.
  • Location: Lower right
  • Method of creation: Ink
  • Type: Signature

Identification numbers

Accession number: 2526
Primary reference Number: 13573

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 11 March 2024

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 (2025) "L'armoire à glàce" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/13573 Accessed: 2025-12-06 21:33:36

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/13573 |title=L'armoire à glàce |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2025-12-06 21:33:36|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-13573

Bootstrap HTML code for reuse

To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:

<div class="text-center">
    <figure class="figure">
        <img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp67/2526_CE.jpg"
        alt="L'armoire à glàce"
        class="img-fluid" />
        <figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">L'armoire à glàce</figcaption>
    </figure>
</div>

Sign up for updates

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

University of Cambridge Museums logo
Cambridge City Council logo
Arts Council England Logo
Research England logo