Portrait of James Stephens (1938)

Mervyn Laurence Peake

black chalk

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Photo credit: Trustees of the British Museum

Classification:

Drawing and Watercolour

Materials:

Black chalk

Physical Object Description:

Portrait of James Stephens, the Irish poet; head turned slightly to right and looking downwards. 1938 Black chalk. Signed and dated: "Peake/5.1938".

Technique:

Drawn

Dimensions:

32.2 x 26 cm

Accession Number:

1939,0730.11

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1939

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Purchased by A. M. Hind (1880-1957) for the Contemporary Art Society, with its Prints and Drawings Fund, 1938; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1939

Relationship:

Arthur Mayger 'A. M.' Hind Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Subject:

Portraits

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