John Samuel Watkins figure drawings and bookplate depicting women
John Samuel Watkins figure drawings and bookplate depicting women
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Date
approximately 1910-1939
Call Numbers
PXD 1597
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Physical Description
Contents
3 drawings (1 box) - pencil, ink, watercolour
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Out of copyright
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Scope and Contents
Contents
1. Ex Libris, design for a bookplate, c.1910, ink & pencil, 38 x 30 cm. Signed 'J.S. Watkins' in pencil.
2. [Pupils drawing the Nude at J.S. Watkins’ Art School], ink, 36 x 26 cm. Unsigned. ‘25—’ written in ink lower right corner
3. [Woman reading], ink on cardboard, 37 x 32 cm. Some rough ink sketches to verso in black watercolour &...
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John Samuel Watkins figure drawings and bookplate depicting women
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Object History
The vendor purchased these works at auction in 2016. At the time the vendor was advised that this set of works had come from a prominent gallerist, whom the vendor presumes had at one time purchased a collection of Watkins’ former studio effects, perhaps from a descendant.
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Ancanthe, Advance Australiana + Glamour, June 2022
Administrative / Biographical history
John Samuel Watkins was an English born artist who settled in Sydney by 1893. Watkins was proficient across media including oil, pencil, watercolour, etching and pastel. He was a regular contributor to the Royal Art Society of NSW annual exhibitions up to the late 1930s. Most of his exhibits were oil portraits and figure studies. During the First W...
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PXD 1597
Record Identifier
n5lvoog9
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/n5lvoog9
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9665407
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