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Sir William Rothenstein

Drawing
1931 (made)
Artist/Maker
Kapp, Edmond Xavier (artist)
Place of origin
Britain (made)

Portrait of Sir William Rothenstein. Head and shoulders, facing half left.

Object details

Categories
Portraits
Drawings
Object type
Drawing
TitleSir William Rothenstein (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Black chalk
Black Chalk
Brief description
Drawing of the Sir William Rothenstein, painter and Director of the Tate Gallery. Portrait, head and shoulders, facing half left. Drawn in black chalk by Edmond Xavier Kapp. 1931.
Physical description
Portrait of Sir William Rothenstein. Head and shoulders, facing half left.
Dimensions
  • Height: 39.3cm
  • Width: 30cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1967. London: HMSO, 1968.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Kapp/.31' (Signed and dated)
  • (Inscribed in pencil on the drawing and on the mount with name of sitter)
Credit line
Given by the Miriam Sacher Charitable Trust
Subject depicted
Rothenstein, William (Sir)
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1967 . London: HMSO, 1968.
  • Edmond Kapp : a retrospective exhibition of paintings and drawings, 1911-1961, London : Whitechapel Art Gallery, 1961 174
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.542-1967

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O693363/sir-william-rothenstein-drawing-kapp-edmond-xavier/
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