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Drawing

1904 (made)
Artist/Maker

Drawing of a man with a goat standing on a rock, looking at a crocodile in a pool, which appears to war a large ear-ring. On the right, a man clad in skins with bow and arrows holds a frightened child by the hand. In the background, pyramids and a camel caravan.

Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Pen and ink and water-colour on paper.
Brief description
Pen, ink and watercolour drawing for book illustration by Arthur Rackham, featuring a man with a goat looking at a crocodile wearing an earring, with pyramids and camel caravan in the background; 1904
Physical description
Drawing of a man with a goat standing on a rock, looking at a crocodile in a pool, which appears to war a large ear-ring. On the right, a man clad in skins with bow and arrows holds a frightened child by the hand. In the background, pyramids and a camel caravan.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11 1/4in (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: 8 1/4in (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 and dated 'Arthur Rackham 1904' (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.1155-1948

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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