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Drawing

1930s (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Britain (made)

Drawing for Illustration for woman's and children's hats.


Object details

Categories
Children & Childhood
Illustration
Object type
Drawing
Materials and techniques
Indian ink and chinese white on card
Indian Ink
Kaolinite (Pigment)
Drawing (Image-Making)
Brief description
Illustration for children's hats, anonymous, 1930s
Physical description
Drawing for Illustration for woman's and children's hats.
Dimensions
  • Height: 27.7cm
  • Width: 21.9cm
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
  • '3½"' with short arrows above and below (Left edge at centre; writing; pencil)
  • 'Hats / for the Children / [a line] / Top A Yellow fancy straw / trimmed with a blue velvet / ribbon & nosebud posies. / Left A mauve linen hat, with shell / pink organdie underbrim / which is allowed to show / through the cut-out design / on the upper surface, & / also appears on the / lower part of the crown. / Right / A cap of fine speckled tweed stockinette in green & yellow, / trimmed with a green ribbon, / & worn with a scarf of same / material.' (Back; writing; pencil)
Credit line
Given by Mrs. Ann D. Smith
Subjects depicted
Children (People by Age Group)
Children's Clothing
Hats
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1158-2000

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Record createdAugust 17, 2000
Record URL
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