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Drawing

ca. 1896 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A rising or setting sun, with three skulls and black clouds in the sky; in the lower, right-hand corner is part of a man's head, showing one eye. On the back, sketches of skulls, and part of the figure of a uniformed man. Drawing in pencil on squared paper by Eric Forbes-Robertson. Signed within the design, and again outside it in ink 'E.F.R.'.


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Object type
Materials and techniques
Drawing in pencil on squared paper
Brief description
A rising or setting sun, with three skulls and black clouds in the sky; in the lower, right-hand corner is part of a man's head, showing one eye. On the back, sketches of skulls, and part of the figure of a uniformed man. Drawing in pencil on squared paper by Eric Forbes-Robertson. Signed within the design, and again outside it in ink 'E.F.R.'.
Physical description
A rising or setting sun, with three skulls and black clouds in the sky; in the lower, right-hand corner is part of a man's head, showing one eye. On the back, sketches of skulls, and part of the figure of a uniformed man. Drawing in pencil on squared paper by Eric Forbes-Robertson. Signed within the design, and again outside it in ink 'E.F.R.'.
Dimensions
  • Length: 14.8cm
  • Height: 11.9cm
Taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1966 London: HMSO 1967
Marks and inscriptions
'E.F.R.' (Signed within the design, and again outside it in ink)
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1966 London: HMSO, 1967
Collection
Accession number
E.2142-1966

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