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I Define Criminal Characteristics in Physiognomy Chas Peace
Purchased 1927
actions: expressive
adults
caricature
clergyman
clothing and personal items
education, science and learning
group
groups
hat
individuals: male
man
man, old
named individuals
objects
people
physiognomy
portraits
religious
Slapkins, Joseph, Rev.
social comment
society
talking
woman
work and occupations
paper unique ink
I Define the Criminal Characteristics in Physiognomy of Chas Peace
support: 159 × 197 mm
Purchased 1927
<p><b>N04267</b> I DEFINE THE CRIMINAL CHARACTERISTICS IN THE PHYSIOGNOMY OF CHAS PEASE  (?) <i>c.</i> 1889–90</p>
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<p>Inscr. ‘I define the criminal characteristics in the physiognomy of Chas Pease.’ b.r.
<br/>Pen, 6 1/4×7 3/4 (16×19).
<br/>Purchased from James A. Simpson (Duveen Drawings Fund) 1927.
<br/><i>Lit:</i> Thorpe, 1932, pp.31–2 and 66.</p>
<p>See <a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/may-barney-sheppard-sings-in-the-gloaming-n04266" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>N04266</span></a>; the parson is presumably the Rev. Joseph Slapkins.</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, II
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2004-07-20T00:00:00
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actions: expressive adults caricature clergyman clothing and personal items education, science and learning group groups hat individuals: male man man, old named individuals objects people physiognomy portraits religious Slapkins, Joseph, Rev. social comment society talking woman work and occupations