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drawing
Object Type
drawing
Museum number
2003,0601.80
Description
The Sleeping Doctor; frontal three-quarter length portrait of bearded man sleeping with arms behind head, lower shirt buttons undone, striped tie. 1986 Graphite on stiff white paper textured with a regular twill
Producer name
Drawn by:
John Bellany
School/style
British
Production date
1986
Materials
paper
Technique
drawn
Dimensions
Height:
670 millimetres
Width:
570 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Portrait of:
David Brown
Acquisition name
Bequeathed by:
David Brown
In Memory of:
Liza Brown
Acquisition date
2003
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
2003,0601.80
Conservation
Treatment
: 12 Dec 2003