drawing;
proof;
book
- Museum number
- 2019,7015.185.2
- Description
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A working proof of 'The Story of Jesus according to Saint Luke.'
With 78 numbered pages consisting of the printed text, cut and glued to the pages and sketches for the drawings in graphite and ink and wash.
1948-1949
- Production date
- 1948-1949 (See curatorial comment)
- Dimensions
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Height: 244 millimetres (Approximate page height)
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Width: 184 millimetres (Approximate page width)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- For sketches related Hawksley's illustrations for this book see 2019.7015.185.1
For the first edition of 'The Story of Jesus According to St Luke', previously owned by Hawksley see: 2019,7015.185.3
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 2019
- Acquisition notes
- Acquired with a portfolio of 63 drawings by Dorothy Hawksley, 2019.7015.185.1 in an archive box also containing:
Two drafts of an essay on Hawksley by John Christian.
Postcards, correspondence and photographs.
A further box containing newspaper cuttings, reproductions and sales catalogues featuring Hawksley's work was also acquired with the John Christian collection.
A first edition of 'The Story of Jesus according to St Luke.' (See 2019.7015.185.3)
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 2019,7015.185.2