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Sir Thomas Beecham at work

Drawing
1958 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Portrait of Sir Thomas Beecham. Three-quarter-length, right profile and seated a table, reading a score.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleSir Thomas Beecham at work (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Charcoal, black chalk and some pencil, and pen and ink
Brief description
Drawing of the conductor and composer Sir Thomas Beecham, 2nd Bart seated at a table, and reading a score. Drawn in black chalk, charcoal, pen and ink, and pencil by Edmond Xavier Kapp. 1958.
Physical description
Portrait of Sir Thomas Beecham. Three-quarter-length, right profile and seated a table, reading a score.
Dimensions
  • Height: 29.8cm
  • Width: 30cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1967. London: HMSO, 1968.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Kapp.58' (Signed and dated)
  • 'Sir Thomas Beecham at work. Charcoal, black, chalk and some pencil and pen and ink' (Inscribed)
Credit line
Given by the Miriam Sacher Charitable Trust
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1967 . London: HMSO, 1968.
Collection
Accession number
E.556-1967

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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