Woman sewing (1942)

Rupert Norman Shephard

watercolour and bodycolour

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Photo credit: Trustees of the British Museum

Classification:

Drawing and Watercolour

Materials:

Watercolour, Bodycolour

Physical Object Description:

Woman sewing; three-quarter length figure sitting almost to front, wearing a red cardigan, a book shelf behind. 1942 Watercolour and bodycolour. Inscribed and dated: "Rupert Shephard 1942".

Technique:

Watercolour

Dimensions:

39.2 x 28.5 cm

Accession Number:

1945,1208.56

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1945

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Purchased by the Contemporary Art Society, 1942; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1945

Relationship:

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

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