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Fashion illustration by Veronica Papworth

Fashion Illustration
1966 (made)
Artist/Maker
The Sunday Express (publisher)
Papworth, Veronica (artist)
Place of origin
London (made)

Fashion illustration depicting a woman in a sleeveless, knee-length dress with repeating floral pattern. The woman is holding in her left hand a cylindrical capsule with the word 'NOTHING' written on it. The illustration is reproduced in a newspaper clipping adhered to 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 in pencil, ink and black felt tip on paper and coloured with blue pencil. Annotated in pencil. Newspaper clipping adhered to reverse.
Paper
Pencil
Ink
Felt Tip
Fashion Illustration
Brief description
Fashion illustration by Veronica Papworth for The Sunday Express, depicting a woman wearing the 'Nothing' dress designed by Jaeger, pencil, ink, black felt tip and coloured pencil on paper, London, 1966
Physical description
Fashion illustration depicting a woman in a sleeveless, knee-length dress with repeating floral pattern. The woman is holding in her left hand a cylindrical capsule with the word 'NOTHING' written on it. The illustration is reproduced in a newspaper clipping adhered to reverse. Annotated on obverse and reverse.
Dimensions
  • Height: 35cm
  • Width: 25.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 3 3/4 / 4 / SE/19 (Annotated on obverse in pencil)
  • Reproduced S/E P19 8-5-66 (Inscribed on reverse in blue biro)
  • Fashion Line S/E Papworth (Inscribed on reverse in black ink)
  • 1966 Stock/-8 May 1966 (Stamped in blue ink)
  • Crease-resistant Banlon "Nothing" dress designed by young Jaeger rolls into the capsule in the left hand. In lilac and pink or tangerine and yellow (3gns.). (Caption from newspaper clipping adhered to reverse)
Credit line
Given by Fiona Shannon
Object history
The illustration reproduces a dress designed by Jaeger in 1966.
Subject depicted
Dresses
Association
Jaeger
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.526-2015

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Record createdSeptember 30, 2015
Record URL
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