Ink and watercolour on paper
Tate Collection
Works with images
General Collection
Contemporary Art Society
Collection
Miscellaneous Drawings, mostly for Wuthering Heights
<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/lady-edna-clarke-hall-914" aria-label="More by Lady Edna Clarke Hall" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Lady Edna Clarke Hall</a>
Catherine Leaning on a Wall
Presented by Mrs F. Samuel, Mrs E. Bishop and Michel H. Salaman through the Contemporary Art Society 1941
actions: postures and motions
adults
architecture
Brontë, Emily, ‘Wuthering Heights’, 1847
building - non-specific
characters
Earnshaw, Catherine
figure
literature (not Shakespeare)
literature and fiction
people
rain
sitting
standing
storm
townscapes / man-made features
weather
woman
paper unique ink watercolour
Catherine Leaning on a Wall
support: 279 × 216 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>A01064</b> [from] MISCELLANEOUS DRAWINGS, MOSTLY SKETCHES FOR ‘WUTHERING HEIGHTS’ [<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-catherine-leaning-on-a-wall-a01064" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>A01064</span></a>-<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-catherine-and-heathcliffe-sitting-in-a-field-a01073" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>A01073</span></a>]
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<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>.	
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<br/>(i) CATHERINE LEANING ON A WALL	
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<br/>Not inscribed.	
<br/>Pen and blue wash on paper, 11×8 1/2 (28×21); drawing framed with an outline, 9 1/4×6 1/2 (23·5×16·5).	</p>
<p>An illustration to Chapter 9. Catherine is seen waiting for Heathcliff the night he ran away:</p>
<p>‘Catherine would not be persuaded into tranquillity. She kept wandering to and fro, from the gate to the door, in a state of agitation, which permitted no repose; and, at length, took up a permanent situation on one side of the wall, near the road; where, heedless of any expostulations, and the growling thunder, and the great drops that began to plash around her, she remained calling, at intervals, and then listening, and then crying outright.’</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
2004-07-09T00:00:00
catalogue-entry
CATALOGUE_ENTRY
actions: postures and motions adults architecture Brontë, Emily, ‘Wuthering Heights’, 1847 building - non-specific characters Earnshaw, Catherine figure literature and fiction literature (not Shakespeare) people rain sitting standing storm townscapes / man-made features weather woman