The Bucket Shop
Drawing
1971 (made)
1971 (made)
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A yellow bucket spilling assorted items, including a doll, a ship in a bottle, a bovril label, butterflies, photographs and prints (including one of Beardsley's Lysistrata)
Object details
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| Title | The Bucket Shop (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Ink and watercolour on white card. |
| Brief description | Tony Meeuwissen (born 1938). Original drawing for illustration. Ink and watercolour on white card. This was the original final drawing for a book jacket 'The Bucket Shop' by Keith Waterhouse. Commissioned and used by Penguin books, 1971. Given by the Artist. |
| Physical description | A yellow bucket spilling assorted items, including a doll, a ship in a bottle, a bovril label, butterflies, photographs and prints (including one of Beardsley's Lysistrata) |
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| Marks and inscriptions | KEITH WATERHOUSE / THE / BUCKET / SHOP |
| Object history | This was the original final drawing for a book jacket 'The Bucket Shop' by Keith Waterhouse. Commissioned and used by Penguin books, 1971. Purchased from the Artist for £500 for a group of 35 items (Circ.440 to 462-1976). |
| Literary reference | Keith Waterhouse. <u>The Bucket Shop</u> |
| Bibliographic reference | Taken from Departmental Circulation Registers: 1976-1977 |
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| Accession number | CIRC.440-1976 |
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| Record created | May 18, 2009 |
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