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'Beauty Too Rich' by Laura Whetter

Print
1946 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Printed book jacket for 'Beauty Too Rich' by Laura Whetter, depicting a woman kneeling on the ground, drawing a portrait of a young child holding a toy hammer. In the background is a man in a suit, smoking a pipe in the front doorway. The back cover desrcibes the difficulty of choosing between 'domesticity or a profession'.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Title'Beauty Too Rich' by Laura Whetter (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Printed book jacket
Brief description
Book jacket for 'Beauty Too Rich' by Laura Whetter. Great Britain, 1946.
Physical description
Printed book jacket for 'Beauty Too Rich' by Laura Whetter, depicting a woman kneeling on the ground, drawing a portrait of a young child holding a toy hammer. In the background is a man in a suit, smoking a pipe in the front doorway. The back cover desrcibes the difficulty of choosing between 'domesticity or a profession'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 190mm
  • Width: 290mm
Approximate size
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
E.2235-1987

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Record createdJuly 2, 2013
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