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Drawing

1900 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Drawing of corporal punishment being administered to a deserter from the Kumasi Relief Force.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Water-colour and chinese white on paper.
Brief description
Drawing by Percy F. S. Spence: Corporal punishment being administered to a deserter from the Kumasi Relief Force. Drawing for illustration to a report on the Ashanti rebellion in the Gold Coast (now Ghana) in Vol. 62 of The Graphic, 25 August 1900.
Physical description
Drawing of corporal punishment being administered to a deserter from the Kumasi Relief Force.
Dimensions
  • Height: 9 1/2in (Note: Measurement from: Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, and Department of Paintings, Accessions: 1948, Volume II, Henry Herbert Harrod Bequest, London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1957)
  • Width: 7 1/8in (Note: Measurement from: Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, and Department of Paintings, Accessions: 1948, Volume II, Henry Herbert Harrod Bequest, London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1957)
Marks and inscriptions
Signed 'Percy F.S. Spence 'Stamped on the back with the date' (Inscription from: Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, and Department of Paintings, Accessions: 1948, Volume II, Henry Herbert Harrod Bequest, London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1957)
Credit line
Bequeathed by H. H. Harrod
Subjects depicted
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Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, and Department of Paintings, Accessions: 1948, Volume II, Henry Herbert Harrod Bequest, London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1957
Collection
Accession number
E.1404-1948

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