[Chinese Calligraphy Sketches]

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[Chinese Calligraphy Sketches]
[Chinese Calligraphy Sketches]
Artist/Maker (British, 1886 – 1973)
Datedate unknown
MediumPencil on tracing paper
DimensionsSheet (irreg.): 6 5/8 × 4 1/2 in. (16.8 × 11.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Omar S. Pound, Class of 1951
Object number2001.4.503.28
Not on view

Additional Details

Provenance 2001: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by gift of Omar S. Pound;
by 1973 - 2001: Omar S. Pound, by gift or inheritance from Dorothy Shakespear.
Markings No markings noted.
Signature Not signed.
Inscribed No inscriptions noted.
Chinese characters: to stop, right/proper, to go back, and up
Chinese characters: to stop, right/proper, to go back, and up
Dorothy Shakespear
Date: date unknown
Medium: Pencil on tracing paper
Object number: 2001.4.503.20
Chinese characters: person/people, woman, enter, soldier/bachelor/scholar, big, corpse, long stride, step with left foot, dagger-axe, dog, old, blunt/tough, behavior, red, body, food, and clothes
Chinese characters: person/people, woman, enter, soldier/bachelor/scholar, big, corpse, long stride, step with left foot, dagger-axe, dog, old, blunt/tough, behavior, red, body, food, and clothes
Dorothy Shakespear
Date: date unknown
Medium: Pencil on tracing paper
Object number: 2001.4.503.29
[Animal Sketches]
[Animal Sketches]
Dorothy Shakespear
Date: date unknown
Medium: Pencil on tracing paper
Object number: 2001.4.420.1
Chinese character: enemy (verso)
Chinese character: enemy (verso)
Dorothy Shakespear
Date: date unknown
Medium: Pencil and green crayon on paper
Object number: 2001.4.503.30
Chinese characters: "The man expends his wealth to expand himself"
Chinese characters: "The man expends his wealth to expand himself"
Dorothy Shakespear
Date: date unknown
Medium: Pencil on paper
Object number: 2001.4.503.31
Image Not Available for [Cat Sketches]
[Cat Sketches]
Dorothy Shakespear
Date: date unknown
Medium: Pencil on paper
Object number: 2001.4.473.1
[Sea Lion and Ibis Sketches]
[Sea Lion and Ibis Sketches]
Dorothy Shakespear
Date: date unknown
Medium: Pencil on paper
Object number: 2001.4.410.7
[Bird Sketches]
[Bird Sketches]
Dorothy Shakespear
Date: date unknown
Medium: Pencil on paper
Object number: 2001.4.410.14
[Bird Sketches]
[Bird Sketches]
Dorothy Shakespear
Date: date unknown
Medium: Pencil on paper
Object number: 2001.4.394.13
[Bird Sketches]
[Bird Sketches]
Dorothy Shakespear
Date: date unknown
Medium: Pencil on paper
Object number: 2001.4.394.17
[Giraffe Sketches; hind foot]
[Giraffe Sketches; hind foot]
Dorothy Shakespear
Date: date unknown
Medium: Pencil on paper
Object number: 2001.4.409.4
[Giraffe Sketches]
[Giraffe Sketches]
Dorothy Shakespear
Date: date unknown
Medium: Pencil on paper
Object number: 2001.4.409.6