Study collection of drawings and lithographs by Sir William Rothenstein and other artists

1896–1942

These 179 drawings and lithographs cover the period 1896 to 1942. The drawings are in pencil, pastel or crayon on a variety of different coloured papers and card. As well as portraits and farm scenes there are also drawings Rothenstein made on a long trip to India in 1910-11 and others which date from his service as an official war artist in both world wars. There are also 10 drawings by other artists and these have been arranged at the end of the collection.

Collection Owner: Sir William Rothenstein 1872–1945
Collection: Tate Archive
Acquisition: Presented by Mrs Michael Rothenstein, the artist's daughter-in-law, in 1999.
Reference: TGA 997

157 objects in this collection

Study collection of drawings and lithographs by Sir William Rothenstein and other artists

157 Objects

Title: Study collection of drawings and lithographs by Sir William Rothenstein and other artists
Date: 1896–1942
Description: These 179 drawings and lithographs cover the period 1896 to 1942. The drawings are in pencil, pastel or crayon on a variety of different coloured papers and card. As well as portraits and farm scenes there are also drawings Rothenstein made on a long trip to India in 1910-11 and others which date from his service as an official war artist in both world wars. There are also 10 drawings by other artists and these have been arranged at the end of the collection.
Reference: TGA 997

157 objects in this collection

Showing 41–60 of 157 objects

Study of head of an Indian wearing a turban, inscribed bottom right ‘Sastri’

Study of two seated Indian men

Study of the head of a man wearing a close-fitting hat

Front: Four studies of robed figures, back: Two studies of similar figures

Front: Study of seated young Indian man, Back: Study of similar figure

Study of the Taj Mahal

Study of the head of a young Indian woman

Front: Two studies of a woman’s head, back: another study of the same woman

Study of a seated woman in robes inscribed ‘W.R.’

Front: Four studies of men in Indian dress (two standing and two crouching) with notes on suggested colours, back: Study of a standing man in Indian dress

Front: Studies of groups of seated Indian people, back: more studies of seated groups

Front: Three studies of a seated Indian woman, back: another study of the same woman

Group of five young women in Indian dress

Two studies: a man leaning on a rail and a woman in Indian robes

Study of a man in Indian dress

Study of young man in Indian dress, inscribed bottom right ‘W. R Bubenashwar 1911’

Study of an Indian sitting in the yoga lotus position with inscribed title in an Indian script and inscribed, bottom left ‘W R Benares 1911’

Study of Indian man in the Lotus position, inscribed bottom right ‘W R Benares 1911’

Study of a seated Indian man inscribed ‘W.R. Puri 1911’ and ‘Chaitanya Singari Panda Dolo mandap shahi Puri’.

Three studies of Indian beggars inscribed ‘W.R. Banares 1911’

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