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Sir Roger Casement (1864-1916) (1916)

Leonhard Fanto

black chalk, heightened with white, on grey paper

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Sir Roger Casement (1864-1916) (1916)

Photo credit: Trustees of the British Museum

Details

Classification:

Drawing and Watercolour

Materials:

Chalk, Grey paper

Physical Object Description:

Portrait of Sir Roger Casement; head and shoulders to half-right, with beard and moustache and wearing a collar and tie. 1916 Black chalk, heightened with white, on grey paper. Signed and dated and inscribed with name of sitter.

Dimensions:

52.2 x 38.8 cm

Accession Number:

1937,0710.14

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1936

Ownership history:

Purchased by A. M. Hind (1880-1957) for the Contemporary Art Society, with its Prints and Drawings Fund, 1934-36; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1936

Subject:

Portraits

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