Ink and watercolour on paper
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Fireside with Woman and Dog
Presented anonymously through the Contemporary Art Society 1941
paper unique ink watercolour
Fireside with Woman and Dog
support: 397 × 279 mm
Presented anonymously 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>N05420</b> FIRESIDE WITH WOMAN AND DOG <i>c.</i>1899
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<br/>Not inscribed.
<br/>Pen and wash, 15 5/8×11 (40×28).
<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 No.5418.</p>
<p>One of many sketches made at Great Tomkins in 1899 and afterwards used for illustrations to <i>Wuthering Heights</i> (see <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-earnshaw-and-heathcliffe-at-wuthering-heights-n05273" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>N05273</span></a>). The model was the sister of the owner of the house and she was wearing an old costume purchased by the artist in a market in the East End of London and used in a number of her <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>.</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</p>
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