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Sketchbook, c. 1947: PD.176-1994

Object information

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Titles

Sketchbook, c. 1947

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Raverat, Gwendolen

Categories

Description

Coverboards covered in black grained paper. There is some damage along the spine. Collocation: seven gatherings containing the following number of folios: ten (one attached to the front cover); twelve; five (?six torn out); seven (five torn out); eight (three torn out); twelve; thirteen (one attached to back cover). Off white paper, perforated along spine.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1994) by Gurney, Sophie, Mrs

Dating

Production date: circa AD 1947

Note

This sketchbook contains preliminary studies for the following wood engravings: 'Ponies' 1947, P.1120-1974; 'Horses at Night', 1949, P.1128-1974; 'Ponies', 1950, P.1142/3-1974; 'Items in the Snow', ?1950, P.1141-1974. Also extensive draft for 'Period Piece', 1952, and descriptive piece on the Cox.

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Blue-black ink
Graphite

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Coverboards Height 214 mm Width 137 mm
Sheet Size Height 214 mm Width 137 mm

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: sideways

  • Text: Farrington. "A great part of the mysticism and superstition of educated / men consists of knowledge which has broken loose from / its historical moorings
  • Location: Inside front cover
  • Method of creation: Pen and blue-black ink
  • Text: War comes to the Val d' Orcia / Iris Orégo.
  • Location: Inside front cover
  • Method of creation: Graphite

Inscription present: upside down

  • Text: a) Books lent to Jean-Michel Pictet / PICTET [underlined] / Thérèse Desquegroux / Destins / Le Desert de L' amour / La Pharisienne / b) Book lent to Spencer [underlined] / Le nupture Frontenac
  • Location: Inside front cover
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Text: W. HEFFER & SONS LIMITED, / SIDNEY STREET, / CAMBRIDGE
  • Location: Inside front cover
  • Method of creation: Blank ink stamp
  • Text: 6/2 7/7e / + e / 7.
  • Location: Inside back cover, upper left
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Text: By / Appointment / to the late / King George V / SKETCHER'S NOTE BOOK / SERIES A.42 / Containing 80 leaves of good white paper. / MANUFACTURED BY / GEO. ROWNEY & CO., LTD, / LONDON, W., ENGLAND. / SIZE NO. 2 - 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches. / Dimensions de l'album 21.5 x 14 cm. (Royal Coat of Arms printed u.c.).
  • Location: Inside back cover, centre of folio
  • Method of creation: Printed label

Inscription present: the latter is written over another graphite inscription: "Male & Female Margaret Mead / Byron a self-portrait - / 2 vols Peter Quennell.

  • Text: Bitter is the wind tonight / It tosses the ocean's white hair / Tonight I fear not the fierce warriors of Norway / Coursing on the Irish Sea." / (Written by a Celtic scribe on the edge of monastic *** / prob. in Ireland during the Norse invations) / ditto "Pleasant is the sunlight on these margins today, / because it flickers so."
  • Location: Inside back cover, below above label
  • Method of creation: Pen and blue-black ink

Inscription present: the people described are the parents of the artist.

  • Text: In memory of/Sir George Darwin KCB/born July 9 1845 Dec 3 1912/and Maud his wife daughter of Charles du Puy/July 27 1861 to Feb 1947
  • Location: Page 51, recto, landscape orientation with top to spine
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Type: Note

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.176-1994
Primary reference Number: 27661
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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