Sketchbook (Street scenes and caricatures)

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 70 TGA 8224/9
  • Dates of Creation
      1938-1939
  • Physical Description
      1 piece

Scope and Content

Page 1 Cityscape with railway station, page 2 A rail freight carriage, page 3 Standing nude woman washing herself in a bathroom, page 4 Study of a cart, page 5 Interior of a factory showing large machinery, page 6 Less detailed study of the same factory as on page 5, page 7 Outdoors scene with architectural structures, page 8 Interior of a library, page 9 Long poem entitled 'Sioux Indians', page 10 Continuation of poem from page 9 and a shorter poem about Jesse James, page 11 Continuation of poem from page 10 and a musical score, page 12 Poem about Mollie, page 13 Continuation of poem about Mollie, page 14 Street scene with two women standing in front of a café, page 15 Woman seated on a couch reading a newspape with tea on a table, page 16 Street scene with a narrow corner building with arches over side streets and a man with a tricycle, page 17 Street scene with lots of people, page 18 Caricatures of a teapot. chair and table with human attributes, page 19 top: Sketch of a framed painting, page 19 bottom: Caricature of a man using a typewriter, page 20 Caricatures of two men, one trying to write and one wearing a lion's skin, page 21 Woman seated at her dressing table doing her hair, page 22 Four women waiting for a shop sale to open, page 23 Interior of a café, page 24 Brothel scene, inscribed "Sphinx 1939?", page 25 Bar in a brothel inscribed "Sphinx 1939", page 26 Brothel interior, inscribed "Sphinx 1939?", page 27 The top of a tower with a weathercock and roofs drawn in two panels side by side, p28 Father Christmas in his sleigh, page 29 Man sitting on a bed playing a guitar, page 30 Group of men standing outside a building, page 31 Six caricatures and three unfinished sketches, page 32 Studies of a little girl with a bow in her hair and slight studies of faces, page 33 Studies of a young boy and a girl's head, page 34 Two studies of the head and shoulders of a man, page 35 Four studies of nude women, page 36 Street scene with railway bridge, page 37 Seated female nude with black curly hair, p38 Seated girl in a low armchair, page 39 Unfinished outline of a seated baby leaning forward, page 40 Study of a woman singing, page 41 Street scene with standing figures, page 42 Street scene with house propped up from the side and smaller studies of an artist;s palette and a scroll of paper, page 43 Study of a woman standing in a bedrooms, page 44 Six studies of heads and one of a standing man, page 45 Woman sitting at a table with a cup of coffee, page 46 Street scene with house and shop propped up from the side by large boulders, page 47 Street scene at night and study of railway carriages, page 48 Five studies of a miner, page 49 Standing nude woman with her hair tied up with a bow, page 50 Nude woman looking down, pages 51-54 Blank, page 55 Three sets of short lines, page 56 Blank.