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Barmaid

Maker

(artist)
1872-1949

(printmaker)
1872-1949

Title

Barmaid

Date of Production

(circa) 1898

Medium

lithographic reproduction from a coloured woodcut

Dimensions

Height: 25.4 cm
Width: 22.8 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.5200

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords






Label Text

Nicholson enjoyed a reputation as printmaker long before his paintings became widely known. His revolutionary woodcuts, characterised by simplified forms and flat colours, were influenced in part by Toulouse-Lautrec’s poster style. The characters depicted in this series are supposedly examples of ‘types’ seen on the streets of London. This statuesque barmaid, however, is most probably modelled on Marian Symons, the future wife of James Pryde, with whom Nicholson collaborated as a poster designer early in his career.

Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Exhibition History

Special Display - Characters and Caricatures, Late Victorian Illustration, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 10/02/2011-08/06/2011

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : typed : lower centre margin & recto : later Witt inscription : William NICHOLSON / Barmaid. //

Inscription: inscription : stamped : upper right margin & recto : later Witt inscription : WITT / LIBRARY //

Inscription: inscription : stamped : lower right margin & recto : later Witt inscription : M //

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