An old countrywoman

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Artist/Maker	Herbert Cole (artist)
Place of origin	Britain (made)

Pen and ink drawing depicting an elderly countrywoman, wearing a hat and shawl, walking with a stick and carrying a bundle. Signed with monogram, dated, and inscribed 'memory'.

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Category	Drawings
Object type	Drawing
Title	An old countrywoman (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Pen and ink drawing Paper Pen and Ink Drawing
Brief description	Pen and ink drawing by Herbert Cole depicting an elderly countrywoman, walking with a stick and carrying a bundle, Great Britain, 1901
Physical description	Pen and ink drawing depicting an elderly countrywoman, wearing a hat and shawl, walking with a stick and carrying a bundle. Signed with monogram, dated, and inscribed 'memory'.
Dimensions	Height: 7.375in Width: 5.75in Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1932. London: HMSO, 1933.
Marks and inscriptions	'H. C. 1901.' (Signed and dated) 'memory' (Inscribed)
Credit line	Given by Clara Gilbert Cole, the wife of the artist
Subjects depicted	Old Woman Shawls Walking
Bibliographic references	Herbert Cole (1867-1930) like Sylvia Pankhurst, studied at Manchester School of Art and was heavily influenced by the Pre-Raphaelites, William Morris and illustrators like Walter Crane who had volunteered their work for papers like the Socialist League's 'Commonweal'. He married the anarchist and anti-militarist Clara Gilbert. Both Clara and Herbert seem to have been involved in suffragism, Herbert becoming the staff artist for the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU) later progressing to provide illustrations for 'The Worker’s Dreadnought'. He was a prolific artist from the 1890s into the 1920s. His work included that as an illustrator for children’s books and a designer. Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1932. London: HMSO, 1933.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.546-1932

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O746393/an-old-countrywoman-drawing-herbert-cole/

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