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Sketchbook, c. 1911: PD.160-1994

Object information

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Titles

Sketchbook, c. 1911

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Raverat, Gwendolen

Categories

Description

Coverboards covered in black watered silk and grain effect over board. The spine is bound with embossed cloth. Off-white paper. Collocation: five gatherings containing the following number of leaves: five (one attached to the front cover and one cut out); ten (one cut out); ten; ten (one cut out); ten (one attached to back cover, one loose and three cut out). Figure studies and studies for bookplates.

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Production date: circa AD 1911 : (? 1909 probably).

Note

This sketchbook probably dating from 1909, when Gwendolen Raveat was at the Slade, contains preliminary drawings for the following wood engravings: 'Wood Nymphs', [21], ?1909/10 P.1146-1974; 'Annie of Rough Royal', [15] ?1909; 'Knight of the Burning Pestle', [1], 1909; 'Fan Anuri' [3] ?1909; 'Travellers [16], 1909; ?'Le Vent' [4], 1909; 'Ursula Darwin's bookplate' [570], ?1909; 'The Marsh', [6] 1909. Also studies for bookplates for Dorothy Lamb (featuring a figure on hands and knees with an animal skin draped over them as a costume) and Geoffrey Keynes (featuring two travellers studying a baby sat by the road). Page 14 has a study captioned 'Tamlaue' or 'Tamlane' (naked travellers on horseback), Page 1 and 10 has 'Annie of Rough Royal' (woman by a pool, one leg raised), there are other studies for this image also.

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Grey wash
Blue ink
Blue wash
Graphite

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Coverboards Height 265 mm Width 213 mm
Sheet Size Height 265 mm Width 213 mm

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: 1881 / "SLADE" / Sketch Book. / - / Manufactured upright or / oblong, in smooth or / abraided paper, by / PERCY YOUNG, / Gower Stree, W.C. / London, England.
  • Location: Inside back cover, lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed label

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Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.160-1994
Primary reference Number: 27908
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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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