Portrait of Virginia Woolf

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Artist/Maker	Lewis, Wyndham (artist) Woolf, Virginia (sitters)
Place of origin	England (Drawn)

Portrait of a woman seated with her hands in her lap. She is wearing a hat.

Object details

Categories	Gender and Sexuality Portraits Drawings
Object type	Drawing
Title	Portrait of Virginia Woolf (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Pencil and wash Pencil Wash Drawn
Brief description	Drawing, Portrait of Virginia Woolf, by Wyndham Lewis, pencil and wash, 1921
Physical description	Portrait of a woman seated with her hands in her lap. She is wearing a hat.
Dimensions	From catalogue height: 37.9cm From catalogue width: 25.3cm
Marks and inscriptions	Wyndham Lewis (Signed in pencil)
Subject depicted	Woolf, Virginia
Bibliographic references	Paul Edwards, with Richard Humphreys, Wyndham Lewis Portraits London: National Portrait Gallery, 2008. ISBN: 9781855143951. Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1959 Walter Michel, Wyndham Lewis: Paintings and Drawings London: Thames and Hudson, 1971, no. 500 Francis Kelly, Wyndham Lewis London: Zwemmer Gallery, May 1957, no. 28
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	CIRC.71-1959

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Record created	August 17, 2007
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O138570/portrait-of-virginia-woolf-drawing-lewis-wyndham/

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