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Sketchbook, ?1911: PD.76-1994

Object information

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Titles

Sketchbook, ?1911

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Raverat, Gwendolen

Categories

Description

Coverboards covered in white linen. Off-white paper. Collocation: four gatherings containing the following numbers of leafs: four (one attached to front cover); eight; eight; seven (one removed and one attachd to back cover). Mostly anatomical studies/part figures. Blank pages 6(verso), 7(verso), 9(verso)-11(recto)

Dating

Production date: ? AD 1911

Note

This sketchbook contains preliminary sketches and possible early working ideas for the following engravings: 'Pietà' [40] ?1911/12. 'Man's End' [64] ?1915. 'Baptism' [49] ?1911/12. 'Spring Morning' [61] ?1915. 'Gethsemane' [39] ?1911/12. In full colour 22(verso) and 25(recto)

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Black ink
Graphite

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Coverboards Height 232 mm Width 140 mm
Sheet Size Height 232 mm Width 140 mm

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: This ink inscription has created an offset on page 1 of the sketchbook, where the page has darkened from cream to a pale brownish-red with the exception of an area along the spine and the parts of the paper which were touching the ink: the address can be distinctly read in reverse in the unchanged paper colour. Graphite notes on the same page have not had this effect.

  • Text: Miss Pratt / 35 Langham St W / 2071 Regent.
  • Location: Inside front cover
  • Method of creation: Black ink

Inscription present: upside down, brackets have been put on each side

  • Text: Ka's shop. / 138 Piccadilly / 2533 Mayfair
  • Location: Inside front cover
  • Method of creation: Graphite

Inscription present: upside down, brackets have been put on each side

  • Text: tycoon paper 19 1/2 x 16
  • Location: Inside front cover
  • Method of creation: Graphite

Inscription present: upside down, brackets have been put on each side

  • Text: blacks lightest new.s. / old.s. / large top / new s. / old top / new top
  • Location: Inside front cover
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Text: Luke XV / Mat IX 13 begun Tuesday 26th Jan.
  • Location: Inside back cover
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Text: Wash 1/2 back with soap & water / Rub in mercury ointment for 20 minutes / Let syringe and needle boil for 2 minutes in saucepan. / Put syringe together / wash place on thigh / first with ether / next with corrosive sublimate melted in boiled / water / last with plain boiled water / File neck of little bottle and break it off / Fill syringe / Stretch skin between fingers & prick in / the needle, / Push in syringe & take it out / Hold finger over spot for a minute or two / Draw a little alcohol through syringe / Take syringe to pieces & dry glass part / Blow through needle & replace wire in / it. Dry needle case & fit in ['n' corrected in graphite to 't'] on / & put all away. / Amen. / God save the king / Vive la France.
  • Location: Inside back cover
  • Method of creation: Blue ink

Inscription present: upside down

  • Text: Camilla Doyle / Alma Cottage / High St / Rickmansworth.
  • Location: Inside back cover
  • Method of creation: Ink
  • Text: Mrs Harrison / / Mrs Crisp / Margaret / Camilla
  • Location: Inside back cover
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Text: Manufactured by / PERCY YOUNG, / ENGLISH & FOREIGN / ARTISTS' COLOURMAN / GOWER ST., WC., / London, England. / (Sketch Books a Spécialité.)
  • Location: Inside back cover, lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed label

Inscription present: in reverse

  • Text: Devonshire Road / Theobalds Road / Lond
  • Location: Outside back cover

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.76-1994
Primary reference Number: 28056
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 18 December 2023 Last processed: Monday 18 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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