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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 two sets of handbags and heeled shoes. The upper set consists of a handbag with a black and white geometric design and a shoe with black and white chevron pattern. The lower set consists of a handbag decorated in the centre with black and white concentric circles and a shoe with a black and white checkered pattern. The illustration is reproduced in a newspaper clipping adhered to the reverse. Annotated on obverse and reverse.

Object details

Categories
Designs
Fashion
Illustration
Accessories
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
Felt Tip
Fashion Illustration
Brief description
Fashion illustration by Veronica Papworth for The Sunday Express, pencil, felt tip and coloured pencil on paper, London, 1965
Physical description
Fashion illustration depicting two sets of handbags and heeled shoes. The upper set consists of a handbag with a black and white geometric design and a shoe with black and white chevron pattern. The lower set consists of a handbag decorated in the centre with black and white concentric circles and a shoe with a black and white checkered pattern. The illustration is reproduced in a newspaper clipping adhered to the reverse. Annotated on obverse and reverse.
Dimensions
  • Height: 35cm
  • Width: 18.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Block A 1 1/2" wide (Annotated in pencil on obverse below upper illustrations)
  • Block B 1 1/2" wide (Annotated in pencil on obverse below lower illustrations)
  • Reproduced S/E P19 7-11-65 Fashion S/E Line Papworth (Inscribed in blue biro on reverse)
  • STOCK / 7 Nov 1965 (Stamped in green ink on reverse)
  • OP ART in its simplest form has invaded the accessories field - sharp set-square-and-compass-type patterns used for black-and-white shoes and handbags. Sketched here with two of the handbags are two shoes from the Lotus "Royal College of Art" collections shown last week and coming into the shops in January. In black-and-white patent with one and a half inch heels they cost 89s. 11d. The handbags - in black-and-white plastic "calf" - are lined with grey-and-black-striped fabric and cost 28s 11d. (Caption from newspaper clipping adhered to reverse)
Credit line
Given by Fiona Shannon
Subjects depicted
Handbags
Shoes
Bibliographic reference
The Sunday Express, London, November 7 1965, p.19
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.522-2015

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Record createdSeptember 30, 2015
Record URL
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