Two pencil sketches of William Bligh / Hugh McCrae


Title

Two pencil sketches of William Bligh / Hugh McCrae

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Description

Pencil on paper, laid down on thin card (mount foxed). Inscription beneath image 1 in McCrae's distinctive hand. Inscription reads: "What was that? That's the cat!!". Lower margin of the mount inscribed in pencil in a different (but contemporary) hand. Affixed to the back of the mount is a note written in pencil by the artist, with McCrae's rendering in pencil of Bligh's signature beneath

Source

Held by Monash University Library's Rare Books Collections. Find this item in the Library catalogue.

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Extent

2 sketches : portraits, 24 x 17 and 18 x 12 cm

Rights

Out of copyright

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Citation

McCrae, Hugh, 1876 - 1958, “Two pencil sketches of William Bligh / Hugh McCrae,” Monash Collections Online, accessed December 6, 2023, https://repository.monash.edu/items/show/92335.

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