Street scene with mounted knight in armour carrying a lance with banner: PD.40-1976(11)

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Titles

Street scene with mounted knight in armour carrying a lance with banner

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Ault, Lena
Draughtsman: Ault, Norman

Entities

Drawing

Categories

Drawing

Notes

History note: Miss Oona Ault, the artist's daughter

Measurements and weight

Height: 275 mm
Width: 354 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1976) by Ault, O.

School or Style

Materials used in production

Watercolour
Graphite

Components of the work

Support composed of paper ( thick)

Techniques used in production

Drawing : Graphite and watercolour on thick paper, within ruled graphite margins

Inscription or legends present

Text: TALE OF OLDEN TIMES
Location: On banner attached to the Knights lance
Method of creation: Graphite

Text: Have you heard of the Knight / who went out to fight? / He was happy and gay / So he sang loud a lay / That to frighten his enemy he wished that it might. / And his eyes of pea-green / with his visage so clean / As he clod hoppered by / Made the damzels all sigh / Both the old and the young and the fat and the lean
Location: Inset, upper left
Method of creation: Graphite

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.40-1976(11)
Primary reference Number: 8584
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 11 January 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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