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Drawing

c1875-c1930 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Drawing for illustration of three elfin children, one with bat's wings, holding feathers, on a stair-case with a broom, rat, cobwebs and fruit.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Pen and ink and water-colour drawing on paper.
Brief description
Drawing by Emily Gertrude Thomson R.M.S.: 'Upstairs we nimbly creep...' drawing for illustration, probably for Queen Mab and the Fairies
Physical description
Drawing for illustration of three elfin children, one with bat's wings, holding feathers, on a stair-case with a broom, rat, cobwebs and fruit.
Dimensions
  • Height: 270mm (Note: Measurement from: Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, and Department of Paintings, Accessions: 1948, Volume II, Henry Herbert Harrod Bequest, London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1957)
  • Width: 200mm (Note: Measurement from: Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, and Department of Paintings, Accessions: 1948, Volume II, Henry Herbert Harrod Bequest, London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1957)
Marks and inscriptions
Signed E G T. Inscribed in pencil with title (Inscription from: Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, and Department of Paintings, Accessions: 1948, Volume II, Henry Herbert Harrod Bequest, London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1957)
Credit line
Bequeathed by H. H. Harrod.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, and Department of Paintings, Accessions: 1948, Volume II, Henry Herbert Harrod Bequest, London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1957
Collection
Accession number
E.1491-1948

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