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Fashion illustration by Veronica Papworth

Fashion Illustration
1965 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Fashion illustration depicting a woman with a beehive hairstyle wearing a baby doll style raincoat. The coat has a banded collar and four large, round, buttons. The illustration is reproduced on a newspaper clipping adhered to the reverse. Annotated on reverse.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleFashion illustration by Veronica Papworth (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Drawn with pencil, ink and black felt tip on paper and coloured with blue pencil. Annotated on reverse in red biro. Newspaper clipping adhered to reverse.
Brief description
Fashion illustration by Veronica Papworth for The Sunday Express, depicting a raincoat designed by Mary Quant, pencil, felt tip and coloured pencil on paper, London, 1965
Physical description
Fashion illustration depicting a woman with a beehive hairstyle wearing a baby doll style raincoat. The coat has a banded collar and four large, round, buttons. The illustration is reproduced on a newspaper clipping adhered to the reverse. Annotated on reverse.
Dimensions
  • Height: 31cm
  • Width: 20.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Reproduced S/E P19 5-6-1965 Fashion Line S/E (Inscribed on reverse in red biro)
  • 1965 STOCK / 5 June 1965 (Stamped on reverse in green ink)
  • Baby doll blue and white poplin rain-coat by Mary Quant, 8gns (Caption from newspaper adhered to reverse)
Credit line
Given by Fiona Shannon
Object history
The illustration reproduces a baby doll poplin raincoat designed by Mary Quant in 1965.
Subject depicted
Association
Bibliographic reference
The Sunday Express, London, June 6 1965, p.19
Collection
Accession number
E.517-2015

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Record createdSeptember 30, 2015
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