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Artists Children
Bequeathed by Sir Hugh Walpole 1941
actions: postures and motions
boy
brother
children
family
groups
John Children
male
named families
nudes
people
portraits
society
standing
walking
paper unique ink
The Artist’s Children
support: 356 × 254 mm
Bequeathed by Sir Hugh Walpole 1941
<p><b>N05297</b> THE ARTIST'S CHILDREN <i>c.</i> 1917
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<br/>Not inscribed.
<br/>Pen and ink, 14×10 (35·5×25·5).
<br/>Bequeathed by Sir Hugh Walpole 1941.
<br/><i>Coll:</i> Sold anonymously at Christie's, 13 February 1931 (32), as ‘Studies of boys’ bought by R. E. A. Wilson, who sold it to the Beaux Arts Gallery; Sir Hugh Walpole, bought from the Beaux Arts Gallery 1931.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> <i>Drawings by Modern Masters</i>, Beaux Arts Gallery, 1931 (16), as ‘Three Boys’; <i>Hugh Walpole's Collection</i>, French Gallery, May–June 1937 (13), as ‘Three Sons’; Arts Council tour, 1948–9 (89).</p>
<p>The children here depicted are Romilly and Edwin. The standing figure on the left is Romilly, while the other two figures are both <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/d/drawing" title="Glossary definition for 'Drawing'"><span>drawings</span></a> of Edwin, the fourth son of Ida, John's first wife.</p>
<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, <i>The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture</i>, London 1964, I
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actions: postures and motions boy brother children family groups John Children male named families nudes people portraits society standing walking