Drawings and papers of Felicia Browne
1920s–1930s
Available online are letters written by Browne, including an account of the drive with Edith Bone from London to Barcelona, 1936 as well as many drawings and a sketchbook covering her travels through Europe and first-hand depictions of people caught up in the Spanish Civil War.
Details of the remainder of the collection can be found on the Archive catalogue.
- Collection Owner
- Felicia Browne 1904–1936
- Collection
- Tate Archive
- Acquisition
- Purchased by Tate Archive from Jim Sproule, Lin Sproule and Felicia France, November 2010.
- Reference
- TGA 201023
178 objects in this collection
- Title
- Artwork
- Date
- [1920s–1930s]
- Description
- This series contains examples of Felicia Browne's artwork, including three sketchbooks filled in between 1925-1936. The first two contain sketches of labourers and working class men in London whilst the third includes sketches from Browne's time in Spain shortly before her death. In addition there are numerous studies of nudes and sketches from Browne's trips to Hungary, the Czech Republic and Russia in the early 1930s. There are also instances of her design work (see TGA 201023/1/135-170) including three sketches which may be preparatory sketches for Browne's entry for the competition to find a design for the Tolpuddle Martyrs Medal, held in 1934.
- Reference
- TGA 201023/1
Showing 1–20 of 166 objects
Felicia Browne Sketchbook 1
[c.12 March–11 April 1925]
Felicia Browne Sketchbook 2
May 1925
Felicia Browne Sketchbook 3
[c.1925–36]
Felicia Browne Sketch of a seated woman with her back to a tree
8 October 1926
Felicia Browne Sketch of two figures seen from the back
19 August 1927
Felicia Browne Sketch of a crouching man with other figures standing behind him
[1927]
Felicia Browne Sketch of a seated woman with a child and geese at her skirts
[1927]
Felicia Browne Sketch of figures within a rectangle and sketch of female nudes
[1927]
Felicia Browne Sketch of three stylised figures
5 August 1928
Felicia Browne Two sketches of a woman in a headscarf
[c.1928]
Felicia Browne Sketch of a nude figure seen from behind
[c.1928]
Felicia Browne Sketch of a female nude
[c.1928]
Felicia Browne Two sketches of female nudes
11 February 1929
Felicia Browne Sketch of woodland
19 May 1929
Felicia Browne Sketch of a house with a cart or tractor in front of it
[c.May 1929]
Felicia Browne Sketch of a street with an animal harnessed to a cart
[c.May 1929]
Felicia Browne Sketch of a house
[c.May 1929]
Felicia Browne Sketch of a lane with trees and a house to the right
[c.May 1929]
Felicia Browne Sketch of a bridge captioned ‘Bridges’
[c.May 1929]
Felicia Browne Sketch of a house with hills or clouds in the background
[c.May 1929]