Elderly Woman, Gold Coast, Ghana (circa 1941)

Gabriel Pippet

watercolour and black chalk

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Elderly Woman, Gold Coast, Ghana (circa 1941)

Photo credit: The Trustees of the British Museum

Classification:

Drawing and Watercolour

Materials:

Watercolour, Black chalk

Physical Object Description:

Elderly, referred to a 'half-caste' woman, Gold Coast, Ghana; head and shoulders, turned slightly to left, and looking to front. Signed: "Gabriel Pippet".

Dimensions:

28.5 x 21 cm

Accession Number:

1945,1208.46

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1945

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Purchased by the Contemporary Art Society, 1941; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1945

Relationship:

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Subject:

Black (presence)

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