Edward VIII

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Artist/Maker	Kapp, Edmond Xavier (artist)
Place of origin	Britain (made)

Portrait of Edward VIII when Prince of Wales. Portrait, half length, full face.

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Categories	Portraits Drawings
Object type	Drawing
Title	Edward VIII (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Black chalk Black Chalk
Brief description	Drawing of Edward VIII when Prince of Wales. Portrait, half length, full face. Drawn in black chalk by Edmond Xavier Kapp, 1932.
Physical description	Portrait of Edward VIII when Prince of Wales. Portrait, half length, full face.
Dimensions	Height: 40cm Width: 22.9cm Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1967. London: HMSO, 1968.
Marks and inscriptions	'Kapp/.32' (Signed and dated) (Inscribed in pencil on the drawing and on the mount with name of sitter)
Credit line	Given by the Miriam Sacher Charitable Trust
Subject depicted	Edward VIII (King of Great Britain)
Bibliographic references	Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1967 . London: HMSO, 1968. Edmond Kapp : a retrospective exhibition of paintings and drawings, 1911-1961, London : Whitechapel Art Gallery, 1961 182
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.545-1967

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O693360/edward-viii-drawing-kapp-edmond-xavier/

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