Not currently on display at the V&A

Drawing

1933 (Drawn)
Artist/Maker

Caricatured male head with high forehead, shaded nose and exaggerated beard, in watercolour, indian ink and pencil shading around edges; the head mounted onto sheet of paper and outlined in pencil. Inscribed: G.B.S. Alfred Lowe 1933.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Indian ink, watercolour and pencil on paper
Brief description
George Bernard Shaw by Alfred Lowe.
Physical description
Caricatured male head with high forehead, shaded nose and exaggerated beard, in watercolour, indian ink and pencil shading around edges; the head mounted onto sheet of paper and outlined in pencil. Inscribed: G.B.S. Alfred Lowe 1933.
Dimensions
  • Height: 281mm
  • Width: 192mm
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
  • "G.B.S." (Textual information; Lower left hand side under drawing; Handwriting; Pencil)
  • "ALFRED LOWE / 1933." (Signature; date; Lower right hand side under drawing; Handwriting; Pencil)
Credit line
Cyril W. Beaumont Bequest
Object history
The drawing came to the Museum as part of th Cyril Beaumont Bequest.
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
S.426-2000

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Record createdMay 1, 2001
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