- Object name(s):
- pencil on buff paper; drawing; Newquay from Towan Head; Newquay from Towan Head
- Brief description:
- Widgery is well-known throughout Devon for his extraordinary sketch collection - consisting of 500-600 works - which he bestowed upon the Royal Albert Memorial Museum in the occasion of his death. These pencil and crayon sketches were done for study as well as for leisure. They range to anything from the Devonshire landscape to studies of light and shadow as well as sketches of a variety of animals. This object is not on display. Inscription lower left pencil inscribed and dated Newquay from Towan Head Dec/19 lower right pencil signed and dated F J Widgery /19 verso stamp and ink an indication that the work belongs to RAMM Exeter City Library 44
- Collection:
- Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
- Associated concept:
- Landscape
- Current location:
- Not on display
- Dimension:
- total sheet H 219 mm
- Dimension:
- total sheet length 266 mm
- Object name:
- pencil on buff paper; drawing; Newquay from Towan Head; Newquay from Towan Head
- Object number:
- 67/1931/442
- Object production date:
- 1919
- Date - period:
- Inter War (1918-1939)
- Object production person:
- Frederick John Widgery 1861-1942 (artist)
- Object production place:
- Exeter
- Object production place:
- Devon
- Object production place:
- United Kingdom: England
- Object production place:
- Northern Europe
- Object production place:
- Europe
- Reproduction number:
- 67-1931-442-shot1.jpg
- Responsible department/section:
- Fine Art
- Responsible department/section:
- Drawings
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/1d8b1bdf-e660-346e-b2ec-21d0a959ee45
Use licence for this record: CC 0
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/1d8b1bdf-e660-346e-b2ec-21d0a959ee45, Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, CC 0
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