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Watercolour

ca. 1900 (made), 1904 (coloured)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

An illustration depicting an old man, wearing tattered and patched clothes, seated on a wooden bench. The man is stooped over a bowl from which he is eating with a spoon.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Pen and ink and watercolour on paper
Brief description
Arthur Rackham, pen, ink and watercolour illustrations to Grimm's Fairy Tales, 'The Old Man and his Grandson', the old man, 1900-1904
Physical description
An illustration depicting an old man, wearing tattered and patched clothes, seated on a wooden bench. The man is stooped over a bowl from which he is eating with a spoon.
Dimensions
  • Height: 22.1cm
  • Width: 15cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1996
Marks and inscriptions
Signed 'A. Rackham' and dated '1904'
Object history
This drawing is in two parts (see 1078-1996), and was made for 1900 edition of Grimm's Fairy Tales. The work was coloured for exhibition in 1904, but was not exhibited. The story told through the illustrations is 'The Old Man and his Grandson'.
Subjects depicted
Associated object
E.1078-1996 (Object)
Bibliographic references
  • Arthur Rackham: A Life with Illustration p.16
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1996
Collection
Accession number
E.1077-1996

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Record createdApril 20, 2009
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