Sketchbook, 1910
Draughtsman: Raverat, Gwendolen
Coverboards covered with white linen. Off-white paper. Collocation: four gatherings, containing the following number of leaves: seven (one attached to front cover); seven (one torn out and partially cut, one cut and one missing); eight; eight (one attached to back cover). Blank: 9(verso). Animal and figure studies, also workings for ?bookplates.
Method of acquisition: Given (1994) by Gurney, Sophie, Mrs
Production date: AD 1910
This sketchbook, used while G.R. was at the Slade, contains preliminary sketches for the following wood engravings: ?'The Expulsion' 1910/11; 'The Murderer' ?1910/11; 'The Dead Knight' 1910; 'Sir Thomas Browne' 1910; 'Margaret's Ghost' 1910; 'The Brown Girl' 1910; 'Anthony and Cleopatra' 1910; 'May Morning' 1910. There are studies of pigs and lambs: pages 1-6(recto) alsp page 19(verso). There are bookplate studies for Dorothy Lamb, Philip Jourdan and Corbie Crow on pages 13-16, also possibly on the missing page parts previous to them. Page 22 and 23 (recto both) have ?bookplate studies related to 'the Philospher and Death'. There is a portrait study identified as Fanny/Leitita Favres?
Support
composed of
paper
Coverboards
Height 230 mm
Width 140 mm
Sheet Size
Height 231 mm
Width 140 mm
Inscription present: it appears the word 'Spécialité' has been altered to read 'Speciality'.
Inscription present: An ink blot has obscured much of the date, the last digit could be 0 or could be the top loop of an 8 or a 2 etc.
Accession number: PD.50-1994
Primary reference Number: 27870
Study: PD.92-1994
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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