Sketches of tortoise and lobster
Drawing
| Artist/Maker |
General Description: Study of a tortoise, on the back, sketches of a lobster. Signed ARackham and inscribed with the title.
Object details
| Object type | |
| Title | Sketches of tortoise and lobster |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil |
| Brief description | Drawing, pencil, by Arthur Rackham |
| Physical description | General Description: Study of a tortoise, on the back, sketches of a lobster. Signed ARackham and inscribed with the title. |
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| Object history | Item Provenance: Provenance: Mrs Barbara Edwards, the artist's daughter Notes: The tortoise is possibly a preliminary sketch for an illustration to "The hare and the Tortoise" in Aesop's Fables, published by heinemann, London, 1912. The same tortoise and a similar lobster appear in the illustration "And yet I wasn't happy!" (Little Folks) E.2983-1990 in CATALOGUE OF PRINTS. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.2982-1990 |
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| Record created | February 23, 2009 |
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