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Sketchbook, ?1910/11: PD.159-1994

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

Sketchbook, ?1910/11

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Raverat, Gwendolen

Categories

Description

Coverboards covered with white linen. The spine and back coverboard have been marked by water. Off-white paper. Collocation: five gatherings, containing the following number of leafs: two (one attached to front coverboard); six; six; seven (one torn out); six (two loose, and one attached to back coverboard). 18 sides out of 26 double-sided pages remain blank.

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Circa 1910 - 1911

Note

This sketchbook contains no preliminary sketches for wood engravings but a number of studies of acquaintances, and sketches of details of them. Some have been identified, including ?[V. Witham], Fanny Farrer/an Olivier, du Puy?. Page 11 (verso) has a study with background of three figures lyingon the ground by trees, two sitting up, one sleeping.

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Graphite

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Coverboards Height 305 mm Width 204 mm
Sheet Size Height 305 mm Width 204 mm

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: a list of numbers under five initials denoting scores in a game

  • Text: G [Gwendolen], MK [?Maynard Keynes], B [presumably her brother William [Billy]], MHD [Maud ?Hurrell Darwin, her mother], MED [Margaret Elizabeth, her sister] / 31 7 15 12 9 / 51 23 12 3 32 / 49 32 32 17 59 / 50 35 34 20 63 / 31 36 56 -2 50 / 24 64 43 -15 45 / 21 91 43 -21 56 / 19 93 69 -33 44 / 34 99 79 -2 63 / 25 97 77 -8 87 / 16 90 102 -5 92 / 41 88 99 -2 97 / 65 81 96 1 99 / 83 62 98 -4 127
  • Location: Inside back cover
  • Text: Manufactured by / PERCY YOUNG / ENGLISH & FOREIGN / ARTISTS' COLOURMAN / GOWER ST., W.C., / London, England. (Sketch Books a SpĂ©cialitĂ©.)
  • Location: Inside back cover, bottom left corner
  • Method of creation: Printed label

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.159-1994
Primary reference Number: 27910
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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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