Struggling Figures

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Artist/Maker	Alfred Stevens (artist)
Place of origin	Great Britain (drawn)

A sheet of studies in pencil for a composition of 'Struggling Figures' with a study of an urn or carved vessel on the back. Stamped with the Stannus Collection mark and pen-marked 4 (encircled). There is also a cross written in the top left corner in pencil and the sheet is torn on both left and right margins.

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Categories	Drawings Designs Architecture
Object type	Design
Title	Struggling Figures (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Pencil drawing Paper Pencil Drawing
Brief description	A sheet of studies in pencil for a composition of 'Struggling Figures' by Alfred Stevens, with a study of an urn or carved vessel on the back. Great Britain, ca. 1844.
Physical description	A sheet of studies in pencil for a composition of 'Struggling Figures' with a study of an urn or carved vessel on the back. Stamped with the Stannus Collection mark and pen-marked 4 (encircled). There is also a cross written in the top left corner in pencil and the sheet is torn on both left and right margins.
Dimensions	Height: 37.9cm Width: 28.2in Dimensions taken from Romney Towndrow, Kenneth, The Works of Alfred Stevens at the Tate Gallery. London: Published by the Tate Gallery Trustees, 1950.
Marks and inscriptions	Stamped 'Stannus Coll.' and pen-marked with a number 4 (encircled). Pencil cross in the top left hand corner of the sheet.
Credit line	Gifted from the Tate Gallery, date of receipt 11^th October 1974. Gift refers to objects E.21 to 380-1975.
Subjects depicted	Figures Urn Vessel
Bibliographic reference	Romney Towndrow, Kenneth. The Works of Alfred Stevens at the Tate Gallery. London: Published by the Tate Gallery Trustees, 1950.
Other number	N.G. No. 3399 I - National Gallery number
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.175-1975

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O557520/struggling-figures-design-alfred-stevens/

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