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Preparatory drawing for a comic valentine
Publisher: S. Marks & Sons
A preparatory drawing in graphite with tonal contrasts in grey wash on cream wove paper for a comic valentine. The older female figure depicted is viewed in profile to the right, lifting up her skirts with her right hand and carrying an umbrella in her left. She wears a bonnet and her nose is large and bulbous and coloured with grey wash (presumably to be coloured crimson in the hand finishing of the print). A hand-written inscription in black ink at upper left: "Mr Marks / Please to give my daughter / the cash for th[...] / yours WH". One of a group bought at a sale, the catalogue clipping affixed to the same album leaf: "749 - Original wash Valentine Drawings - A collection of 8 executed for Messrs. Marks & Co. by BRITTAIN ...". This group of valentines was bought in 1924 from the bookseller, R.S. Frampton who was based at "Walton House", 37 Fonthill Road, Finsbury Park, London, N4. The bookseller's catalogue (No. 35), with several lot descriptions cut from it, was found in boxes containing Glaisher's valentines. See P.14529-R. See also P.14345-R-3 - P.14345-R-6 and P.14345-R-8 - P.14345-R-10, for the other valentines in this group. The drawings were probably produced for S. Marks & Sons, who specialised in comic valentines during the 1850s.
Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th Century
Circa
1850
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Circa
1860
Pen and ink
Wash (grey)
Graphite
Accession number: P.14345-R-7
Primary reference Number: 214292
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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