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Fashion illustration by Veronica Papworth

Fashion Illustration
1965 (made)
Artist/Maker
The Sunday Express (publisher)
Papworth, Veronica (artist)
Place of origin
London (made)

Fashion illustration depicting a woman with a beehive hairstyle in an ankle-length dress with a side-slit. The dress is decorated with a flower over the chest. The illustration is reproduced in a newspaper clipping adhered to the reverse. Annotated on obverse and reverse.

Object details

Categories
Designs
Fashion
Illustration
Object type
Fashion illustration
TitleFashion illustration by Veronica Papworth (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Drawn with pencil and black felt tip on paper and coloured with blue pencil. Annotated on obverse and reverse. Newspaper clipping adhered to reverse.
Paper
Pencil
Ink
Fashion Illustration
Brief description
Fashion illustration by Veronica Papworth for The Sunday Express, pencil, black felt tip and coloured pencil on paper, London, 1965
Physical description
Fashion illustration depicting a woman with a beehive hairstyle in an ankle-length dress with a side-slit. The dress is decorated with a flower over the chest. The illustration is reproduced in a newspaper clipping adhered to the reverse. Annotated on obverse and reverse.
Dimensions
  • Height: 35.5cm
  • Width: 21.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 4 1/2" deep S/E P.19 (Annotated on obverse in pencil)
  • Reproduced S/E P19 30-5-65 (Inscribed on reverse in red biro)
  • Fashion Line S/E Papworth (Inscribed on reverse in blue biro)
  • STOCK / 30 MAY 1965 1965 (Stamped in green ink on reverse)
  • ROMANTIC in a side-slit "directoire" towelling dress (In greens and blues £6 19s. 6d.) (Caption from newspaper clipping adhered to reverse)
Credit line
Given by Fiona Shannon
Subject depicted
Dress
Bibliographic reference
The Sunday Express, London, May 30 1965, p.19
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.515-2015

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Record createdSeptember 30, 2015
Record URL
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