The Pillion Rider

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Artist/Maker	Charles Sykes (artist)
Place of origin	Britain (made)

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Categories	Illustration Drawings
Object type	Illustration
Title	The Pillion Rider (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Drawing in pencil and tempera Tempera Pencil Tempera Drawing
Brief description	'The Pillion Rider'. Drawing by Charles Sykes (Rilette) for a cover of the monthly magazine Woman, 1924-1929.
Physical description	Drawing.
Dimensions	Height: 38.1cm (approx.) Width: 50.8cm (approx.) Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1952. London: HMSO, 1963.
Marks and inscriptions	'Rilette' (Signed) (Inscribed with titles and working notes)
Credit line	Given by Mrs Jessica Sykes, widow of the artist
Associated objects	E.500-1952 (Set) E.501-1952 (Set) E.502-1952 (Set) E.504-1952 (Set) E.505-1952 (Set)
Bibliographic reference	Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1952. London: HMSO, 1963.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.503-1952

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O593435/the-pillion-rider-illustration-charles-sykes/

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