Barmaid
Maker
(artist)
1872-1949
(printmaker)
1872-1949
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
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 //
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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