- Artist
- Sir William Rothenstein 1872–1945
- Medium
- Chalk on paper
- Dimensions
- Support: 387 × 281 mm
- Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Presented by Sir John Rothenstein through the Friends of the Tate Gallery 1983
- Reference
- T03682
Summary
This drawing is a study for The Princess Badroulbadour, 1908 (Tate Gallery N03953), a portrait of the artist's three children, John, Betty and Rachel, in fancy dress as characters from the 'Aladdin' story in The Arabian Nights. The drawing is of his son, but in the painting the pose with folded arms was used for one of his daughters. John was the Director of the Tate Gallery from 1938 to 1964. He is represented in a 1938 oil painting by his father, Portrait of Sir John Rothenstein C.B.E. (Tate Gallery T01869). The Tate Gallery also owns a second study for The Princess Badroulbadour (Tate Gallery T01248).
Further reading:
Robert Speaight, William
Rothenstein: The Portrait of an Artist in his Time, London 1962, pp.225, 325
Terry Riggs
January 1998
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Catalogue entry
T03682 Study for the Attendant in ‘The Princess Badroulbadour’ c.1908
Red chalk on paper 15 1/4 × 11 (387 × 281)
Not inscribed
Presented by Sir John Rothenstein through the Friends of the Tate Gallery 1983
This drawing is a study for Rothenstein's painting ‘The Princess Badroulbadour’ (1908, N03953), a portrait of his three children, John, Betty and Rachel, in fancy dress. It is of his son, but in the painting the pose with folded arms was used for one of his daughters. Sir John Rothenstein gave to the Tate Gallery in 1970 another drawing of himself by his father, also a study for this painting (T01248).
Published in:
The Tate Gallery 1982-84: Illustrated Catalogue of Acquisitions, London 1986
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