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George Bernard Shaw

Drawing
1943 (drawn), 1946 (published)
Artist/Maker
Feliks Topolski (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)
London (published)

Original pencil and pen and ink drawings of George Bernard Shaw, in a set of four. Each signed and dated by the artist. Also inscribed with a caption which has been erased on the final plate.

Object details

Categories
Drawings
Portraits
Object type
Drawing
TitleGeorge Bernard Shaw (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Pencil, pen and ink and wash drawing
Paper
Pencil
Pen and Ink
Drawing
Wash
Brief description
Original pencil and pen and ink drawings of George Bernard Shaw in a set of four, to be used as plates in Portrait of G.B.S. Great Britain, 1943.
Physical description
Original pencil and pen and ink drawings of George Bernard Shaw, in a set of four. Each signed and dated by the artist. Also inscribed with a caption which has been erased on the final plate.
Dimensions
    Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Engraving Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1946. London: Published under the Authority of the Ministry of Education, 1949.
    Marks and inscriptions
    • Inscribed in ink 'The fellow took my cheap wallet & he was so disgusted that he threw it on the ground and stamped on it.'
    • Signed and dated 'Feliks Topolski 43'.
    Credit line
    Given by the Artist
    Production
    The drawings were produced to be plates XI, XVII, XX and XXVII in Portrait of G.B.S, published by Messrs. Eyre & Spottiswoode, Ltd., London, 1946.
    Subject depicted
    George Bernard Shaw
    Associated objects
    Bibliographic reference
    Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Engraving Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1946. London: Published under the Authority of the Ministry of Education, 1949.
    Collection
    Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
    Accession number
    E.63-1946

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    Record createdJune 30, 2009
    Record URL
    https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O607903/george-bernard-shaw-drawing-feliks-topolski/
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