drawing;
postcard
- Museum number
- 1940,0722.12
- Description
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Postcard from Orlik to Robert Austerlitz, written from Amsterdam; a couple dancing, the man on the left wearing clogs, kicking up his right foot, smiling at the viewer under the arch formed between his arms as he joins hands with the woman; the word 'Amsterdam' written over the curve of the man's back. 1898
Pen and black ink
- Production date
- 1898
- Dimensions
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Height: 90 millimetres (sheet)
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Width: 139 millimetres (sheet)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- One of a collection of humorous sketches on letters and postcards addressed to Paula and Robert Austerlitz in Edlach in Lower Austria, 1896-1926, bound into a volume and donated by Campbell Dodgson in 1940.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1940
- Acquisition notes
- This item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45. The British Museum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1940,0722.12