Discover Art
Tate Archive
Collections of Digitised Archive Items
The working materials and ephemera of Scottie Wilson
Fountain pen, stored in a Carabena tobacco box

Scottie Wilson

Fountain pen, stored in a Carabena tobacco box

[c.1930]

Image released under Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED

License this image

In Tate Britain

Library and Archive Reading Rooms

View by appointment

Created by: Scottie Wilson 1889–1972
Title: Fountain pen, stored in a Carabena tobacco box
Date: [c.1930]
Description: A note inside the box, written by Mervyn Levy, says '"Bulldog" Pen'. This is the pen Scottie Wilson first started drawing with and which he described as looking like a bulldog. Mervyn Levy in an article in the November 1966 'Studio International' mentions Scottie Wilson's smoking habits (TGA 9920/24).
Format: 3D object
Collection: Tate Archive
Acquisition: Presented to the Tate Archive by Mervyn Levy, 1990
Reference: TGA 9024/1

Archive context

The working materials and ephemera of Scottie Wilson TGA 9024 (22)
- Fountain pen, stored in a Carabena tobacco box TGA 9024/1