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Positions of Shelterers

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photo: British Museum
Positions of Shelterers
photo: British Museum
photo: British Museum

Positions of Shelterers

Sketchbook
  • Page 24 from First Shelter Sketchbook
Date1940-41
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 1582
Date Order NumberAG 40-41.24
Mediapencil, wax crayon, watercolour, wash, pen and ink
Papercream lightweight wove
Dimensionspaper: 181 x 160 mm
Inscription

pen and ink u.c. studies for figures in shelters

OwnershipThe British Museum, London, bequeathed by Lady Clark
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The seated woman knitting is the artist's mother, the child reading is his daughter Mary, and the figure seated on a box is the artists niece, Ann.
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