Ink, watercolour and pastel on paper
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Goodwood 2528 July 1939
Purchased 1940
actions: postures and motions
adults
architecture
aristocrat
awning
body
bowl
butler
chair
class
clothing and personal items
date
domestic
domestic
eating and drinking
England
England, South East
England, Southern
furnishings
group
groups
hat
horse racing
inscriptions
leisure and pastimes
man
monocle
moustache
named individuals
objects
people
picnic
placard
places
reading, writing, printed matter
royalty and social rank
sitting
social comment
society
sport
standing
stick
Sussex - non-specific
Sussex, West
symbols and personifications
table
townscapes / man-made features
tray
UK cities, towns and villages
UK counties
UK countries and regions
vessels and containers
Westhampnett, Goodwood Race Course
woman
work and occupations
Wykham, Lord
paper unique ink watercolour pastel
Goodwood, 25-28 July 1939
support: 419 × 533 mm
Purchased 1940
<p><b>N05136</b> GOODWOOD, 25–28 JULY 1939 1939
<br/>
<br/>Inscr. ‘Lord Wykham’ t.l., ‘Cavalry’ t.r., ‘Goodwood 25–28 July’ b.c., and ‘F.T.’ b.r.
<br/>Pen, wash and pastel, 16 1/2×21 (42×53·5).</p>
<p>Purchased from the artist (Knapping Fund) 1940.</p>
<p>The Goodwood Races take place from Tuesday to Friday at the end of July; the dates 25–8 July inscribed on the <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>drawing</span></a> are correct for 1939, a date confirmed by the artist (letter of 19 January 1957). The scene presumably represents Lord Wykham's private tent, with his Lordship seated behind the table and surrounded by friends and relatives.</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
<br/></p>

Catalogue entry
2004-10-07T00:00:00
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CATALOGUE_ENTRY
actions: postures and motions adults architecture aristocrat awning body bowl butler chair class clothing and personal items date domestic domestic eating and drinking England England, South East England, Southern furnishings group groups hat horse racing inscriptions leisure and pastimes man monocle moustache named individuals objects people picnic placard places reading, writing, printed matter royalty and social rank sitting social comment society sport standing stick Sussex - non-specific Sussex, West symbols and personifications table townscapes / man-made features tray UK cities, towns and villages UK counties UK countries and regions vessels and containers Westhampnett, Goodwood Race Course woman work and occupations Wykham, Lord