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Sketchbook, c. 1911: PD.158-1994

Object information

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Titles

Sketchbook, c. 1911

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Raverat, Gwendolen

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Description

Coverboards covered with black watered silk and grained effect over board. The spine is bound with embossed cloth. Off-white paper. Collocation: three gatherings containing the following number of leaves: twelve (two attached to front cover); eight; ten (one cut out and two attached to back cover). figure studies, often repeated studies for particular pieces (engravings) or possible portrait studies (women, young children).

Dating

Production date: circa AD 1911 : (?1909 - possibly earlier).

Note

This sketchbook, used while the artist was at the Slade, contains preliminary sketches for the following engravings: 'The Murderer' [P1144] ?1910/11; 'Clerk Saunders' [19] ?1909/11; 'Margaret's Return [22] ?1910/11; 'Travellers' [16] ?1909/11; 'Cobbled Yard [14] ?1909/11; 'Despair [5] ?1909/11; 'Demeter and Kore' [P150-1974]; 'Sir Patrick Spens' [11] ?1909/11; '?Sweet William's Ghost/Clerk Saunders [19] ?1909/10 [P.1146-1974].

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Black ink
Black wash
Graphite

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Sheet Size Height 272 mm Width 180 mm
Coverboards Height 273 mm Width 181 mm

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: upside down - left-hand list

  • Text: £3.0.0
  • Location: Inside front cover

Inscription present: left hand list

  • Text: 2 0 / paints 3 9 / " 1 9 / gloves 5 11 / pinafore 4 6.
  • Location: Inside front cover, inverted

Inscription present: right-hand list

  • Text: £ / 3.0.0. / Bowes 3 6 / Lawrence 6 6 / paints 2 0 / canvas 3 6 / sundries 1 0 / grinding tools 1 0 / book 5 0 ...
  • Text: "Miss Maynard" Sketch Book Manufactured by Percy Young 137, Gower St, W.C.
  • Location: Inside back cover
  • Type: Label

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Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.158-1994
Primary reference Number: 27897
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 15 July 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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