- Created by
- David Jones 1895–1974
- Title
- Study for ‘Lancelot’, male nude
- Date
- 1938
- Medium
- Graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 322 x 205 mm (drawing), 297 x 420 mm (mount)
- Description
- Inscribed 'drawing in mirror for Lancelot picture. Sid 1938', in the artist's hand.
- Format
- Artwork - on paper, unique
- Collection
- Tate Archive
- Acquisition
- Purchased by the Archive from the Anthony d'Offay Gallery, 1982.
- Reference
- TGA 8222/1/62
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