The Percy's Body found by his wife

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One of 8 sheets illustrating the ballad 'Chevy Chase' depicting a women embracing her dead husband; to her left, a small child and two other figures Drawing in pen and ink, heightened with white, by William Bell Scott. Signed 'W. B. S.' and inscribed by the artist in pencil on the mounts with titles and numbered 'XVII'.

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Categories	Drawings Scotland Designs
Object type	Drawing
Title	The Percy's Body found by his wife
Materials and techniques	Drawing in pen and ink, heightened with white Pen and Ink Drawing
Brief description	One of 8 sheets illustrating the ballad 'Chevy Chase' depicting a women embracing her dead husband; to her left, a small child and two other figures Drawing in pen and ink, heightened with white, by William Bell Scott. Signed 'W. B. S.' and inscribed by the artist in pencil on the mounts with titles and numbered 'XVII'.
Physical description	One of 8 sheets illustrating the ballad 'Chevy Chase' depicting a women embracing her dead husband; to her left, a small child and two other figures Drawing in pen and ink, heightened with white, by William Bell Scott. Signed 'W. B. S.' and inscribed by the artist in pencil on the mounts with titles and numbered 'XVII'.
Marks and inscriptions	'W.B.S.' (Signed) 'XVII' (Inscribed by the artist in pencil on the mounts with titles and numbered)
Subjects depicted	Woman Corpse Child
Bibliographic reference	Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1966 London: HMSO, 1967
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.30-1966

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O696237/the-percys-body-found-by-drawing-scott-william-bell/

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