Ink and watercolour on paper
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Heathcliffe and Catherine in a Loft
Presented by Mrs F. Samuel, Mrs E. Bishop and Michel H. Salaman through the Contemporary Art Society 1941
actions: postures and motions
agriculture, gardening & fishing
barn
boy
Brontë, Emily, ‘Wuthering Heights’, 1847
characters
children
Earnshaw, Catherine
girl
Heathcliff
interiors
literature (not Shakespeare)
literature and fiction
lying down
objects
people
sheaf
standing
workspaces
paper unique ink watercolour
Heathcliffe and Catherine in a Loft
support: 400 × 571 mm
Presented by Mrs F. Samuel, Mrs E. Bishop and Michel H. Salaman through the <a href="/search?gid=999999975" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Contemporary Art Society</a> 1941
<p><b>N05419</b> HEATHCLIFF AND CATHERINE IN A LOFT 1924
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<br/>Inscr. ‘Edna C.H. 1924’ b.l.
<br/>Pen and blue wash, 15 3/4×22 1/2 (40×57).
<br/>Presented by Mrs F. Samuel, Mrs E. Bishop and Michel H. Salaman through the Contemporary Art Society 1941.
<br/><i>Coll:</i> As for <a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/clarke-hall-heathcliffe-supporting-catherine-n05418" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>N05418</span></a>.</p>
<p>One of the later illustrations to <i>Wuthering Heights</i>. The artist still has a number of detailed studies of the girl lying on the ground. The background is based on studies made in a French barn. The scene does not appear to be a direct illustration, but there is a reference in Chapter 3 to the garret where the children were sent with Joseph on wet Sundays and sat on a sack of corn while he conducted a service.</p>
<p>A small <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/e/etching" title="Glossary definition for 'Etching'"><span>etching</span></a> of a girl in a similar pose is inscribed ‘Catherine's Dream’.</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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Catalogue entry
2004-10-07T00:00:00
catalogue-entry
CATALOGUE_ENTRY
actions: postures and motions agriculture, gardening & fishing barn boy Brontë, Emily, ‘Wuthering Heights’, 1847 characters children Earnshaw, Catherine girl Heathcliff interiors literature and fiction literature (not Shakespeare) lying down objects people sheaf standing workspaces