The Ballet Dress (1917-1928)

Rosa Somerville Hope

etching and aquatint, printed in brown ink on oriental paper

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Photo credit: Trustees of the British Museum

Classification:

Materials:

Brown ink, Oriental paper

Physical Object Description:

Woman in interior, seen from rear squatting on floor, wearing ballet dress. 1917-1928 Etching and aquatint, printed in brown ink on oriental paper. Signed and titled.

Technique:

Etching, Aquatint

Dimensions:

22.7 x 14.3 cm

Accession Number:

1932,0514.10

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1932

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Purchased by Campbell Dodgson (1867-1948) for the Contemporary Art Society, with its Prints and Drawings Fund, 1919-32; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1932

Relationship:

Campbell Dodgson Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

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