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Catherine Earnshaw Walking
Presented by the Contemporary Art Society 1940
actions: postures and motions
Brontë, Emily, ‘Wuthering Heights’, 1847
bush
characters
children
clothing and personal items
Earnshaw, Catherine
girl
literature (not Shakespeare)
literature and fiction
objects
people
plants and flowers
slipper
walking
paper unique ink
Catherine Earnshaw Walking
support: 578 × 394 mm
Presented by the <a href="/search?gid=999999975" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Contemporary Art Society</a> 1940
<p><b>N05131</b> CATHERINE EARNSHAW WALKING 1924
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<br/>Inscr. ‘Edna CH. 1924’ b.l.
<br/>Pen and sepia, 22 3/4×15 1/2 (58×39·5).
<br/>Presented by the Contemporary Art Society 1940.
<br/><i>Coll:</i> Possibly acquired by the C.A.S. at the Manchester exhibition of 1939, but this is not recorded.</p>
<p>In 1910 the artist made many <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> from the daughter of her cook, who appeared to be the ideal model for Catherine Earnshaw. She was wearing the slippers of Sir William Clarke Hall's father. These drawings afterwards formed the basis of illustrations to Emily Brontë's <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 broader style of this drawing is typical of her later period. There are several versions of this <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/c/composition" title="Glossary definition for 'Composition'"><span>composition</span></a> (see reverse of <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>).</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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2004-10-07T00:00:00
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actions: postures and motions Brontë, Emily, ‘Wuthering Heights’, 1847 bush characters children clothing and personal items Earnshaw, Catherine girl literature and fiction literature (not Shakespeare) objects people plants and flowers slipper walking