The Tightrope Dancer (1913)

Mabel Allington Royds

colour woodcut, in the japanese manner, predominantly in brown, yellow-ochre, turquoise and red

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Photo credit: The Trustees of the British Museum

Classification:

Materials:

Ink, Paper

Physical Object Description:

Circus interior with man, seen from behind, walking the wire. Signed and titled.

Technique:

Woodcut

Dimensions:

29.1 x 26.7 cm

Accession Number:

1922,0708.35

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1922

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Purchased by Campbell Dodgson (1867-1948) with the Prints and Drawings Fund of the Contemporary Art Society, 1919; presented to Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1924

Relationship:

Campbell Dodgson Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

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