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Man encountering beast in doorway

Illustration
ca.1880 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Pen and ink drawing on card of a man holding a lantern encountering a beast through an open doorway. A spider's web stretches across the doorway. The man has a sword sheathed at his waist; he holds the lantern up into the beast's face in his right hand and pushes the door open with his left hand. The doorway is a stone arch; the door wooden. The beast growls ferociously at the man, standing on two legs, bearing its fangs and threatening the man with its sharp claws. With white highlights. Illustration drawn within black border.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleMan encountering beast in doorway (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Pen and ink on card
Brief description
Pen and ink drawing by Walter Crane, ca.1880.
Physical description
Pen and ink drawing on card of a man holding a lantern encountering a beast through an open doorway. A spider's web stretches across the doorway. The man has a sword sheathed at his waist; he holds the lantern up into the beast's face in his right hand and pushes the door open with his left hand. The doorway is a stone arch; the door wooden. The beast growls ferociously at the man, standing on two legs, bearing its fangs and threatening the man with its sharp claws. With white highlights. Illustration drawn within black border.
Dimensions
  • Whole height: 305mm
  • Whole width: 241mm
Style
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'From the Library of Anne Renier and F.G. Renier' (Bookplate on verso)
  • 'AR' (Initialled in pencil by Anne Renier on verso)
  • Artist's monogram in bottom right corner of drawing
  • 'Drawn by my late Father / Walter Crane R.W.S. / signed Lionel F. Crane' (Pencil inscription on verso)
Credit line
Donated by Anne Renier and F.G. Renier.
Object history
Drawn by Walter Crane, ca.1880. Bequeathed to the V&A in 1970 by Anne and Fernand G. Renier as part of the Renier Collection.
Subjects depicted
Other numbers
  • Ren. Planchest A - Previous Renier Collection pressmark
  • Ren.42.U.1 (iii) - Previous Renier Collection pressmark
  • R(Z)125 - Previous National Art Library accession number
  • 864.AA.0021 - Previous National Art Library pressmark
  • 803040070 - Previous National Art Library barcode
Collection
Library number
RENIER.412

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Record createdMarch 20, 2008
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