album;
drawing
- Museum number
- 1960,1014.2.52
- Description
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Drawing of three figures including partly nude female figure, kneeling boy seen from behind and Roman soldier, from the album 'Letters to Katie'; female figure raised on a curtained throne, is presented with a crown on a cushion by kneeling boy; she covers her left breast with her left arm and points downwards with her right hand and gazes to her left and meets the eyes of the helmeted Roman soldier (King Cophetua) whose plumed and helmeted head is seen in profile; his skirted and uniformed body faces the viewer with gesturing arms and bare right leg outstretched; small fallen jug (or urn) in foreground; background with foliage, sky and clouds.
Graphite
- Production date
- 1883-1889
- Dimensions
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Height: 322 millimetres
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Width: 202 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- Letter to Katie Lewis from the album 'Letters to Katie'. For information about the album, see curatorial comment for 1960,1014.2(1).
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Drawings cannot be removed from the album.
For exhibition history of album, see 1960,1014.2.1
- Acquisition date
- 1960
- Acquisition notes
- The correct register number for this album is 1961,1014.2(1 to 101), but it was misstamped as 1960,1014.2(1-100).
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1960,1014.2.52