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Artist/Maker	Claxton, Adelaide (artist)
Place of origin	Britain (made)

Caricature portrait heads.

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Categories	Drawings Caricatures & Cartoons
Object type	Drawing
Materials and techniques	Watercolour Watercolour Drawing
Brief description	Caricature portrait head of types of women. Watercolour drawing by Adelaide Claxton, 1865-1870.
Physical description	Caricature portrait heads.
Dimensions	Average size of sheets in series height: 10.2cm Average size of sheets in series width: 8.9cm Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962. London: HMSO, 1964.
Marks and inscriptions	'AC' (Each signed with monogram) (Inscribed with title)
Credit line	Given by Miss L. M. McMillan
Object history	Similar drawings of heads by the artist are reproduced on the plate facing p.10 of Vol. 6 of London Society, 1864.
Subjects depicted	Head Women
Bibliographic reference	Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962. London: HMSO, 1964.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.2879-1962

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O699555/drawing-claxton-adelaide/

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