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Sir Rabindranath Tagore
Presented by Lord Henry Cavendish-Bentinck through the Contemporary Art Society 1917
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Sir Rabindranath Tagore
support: 423 × 315 mm
Presented by Lord Henry Cavendish-Bentinck through the <a href="/search?gid=999999975" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Contemporary Art Society</a> 1917
<p><b>N03190</b> SIR RABINDRANATH TAGORE 1912</p>
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<p>Inscr. ‘W. Rothenstein 1912’ b.r.
<br/>Pencil, 16 1/2×12 1/8 (42×32).
<br/>Presented by Lord Henry Cavendish-Bentinck through the Contemporary Art Society 1917.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> Tate Gallery, May–June 1950 (101).
<br/><i>Lit:</i> John Rothenstein, <i>The Portrait Drawings of William Rothenstein</i>, 1926, p.30.
<br/><i>Repr:</i> W. Rothenstein, <i>Six portraits of Rabindranath Tagore</i>, 1915, pl.4; Speaight, 1962, pl.12.</p>
<p>The Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941) first became known in England in 1912 when the artist was instrumental in getting his book of poems <i>Gitanjali</i> published. He was awarded the Nobel prize for literature in 1913. This is one of at least nine <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> made when the poet visited England in 1911–12. A later drawing was made in 1923. In <i>Men and Memories</i>, II, chapter 30, the artist gives an account of their first meeting and friendship.</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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