Chinese characters: to stop, right/proper, to go back, and up

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Chinese characters: to stop, right/proper, to go back, and up
Chinese characters: to stop, right/proper, to go back, and up
Artist/Maker (British, 1886 – 1973)
Datedate unknown
MediumPencil on tracing paper
DimensionsSheet: 5 3/8 × 2 3/4 in. (13.7 × 7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Omar S. Pound, Class of 1951
Object number2001.4.503.20
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 "Che / $ STOP / 77" at upper right in pencil; "Chip / riposare / write / return/ sposare" at center right in pencil.
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
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
[Chinese Calligraphy Sketches]
[Chinese Calligraphy Sketches]
Dorothy Shakespear
Date: date unknown
Medium: Pencil on tracing paper
Object number: 2001.4.503.28
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
[Animal Sketches]
[Animal Sketches]
Dorothy Shakespear
Date: date unknown
Medium: Pencil on tracing paper
Object number: 2001.4.420.1
[Dragons]
[Dragons]
Dorothy Shakespear
Date: date unknown
Medium: Pencil on tracing paper
Object number: 2001.4.449.2
[Animal Sketch]
[Animal Sketch]
Dorothy Shakespear
Date: date unknown
Medium: Pencil on tracing paper
Object number: 2001.4.399.2
[Animal Sketch]
[Animal Sketch]
Dorothy Shakespear
Date: date unknown
Medium: Pencil on tracing paper
Object number: 2001.4.399.4
[Cats]
[Cats]
Dorothy Shakespear
Date: date unknown
Medium: Pencil on tracing paper
Object number: 2001.4.399.7
[Cats]
[Cats]
Dorothy Shakespear
Date: date unknown
Medium: Pencil on tracing paper
Object number: 2001.4.399.8
Animal Sketch
Animal Sketch
Dorothy Shakespear
Date: date unknown
Medium: Pencil on tracing paper
Object number: 2001.4.399.15
[Ink Drawing of a Chinese Temple]
[Ink Drawing of a Chinese Temple]
Dorothy Shakespear
Date: n.d.
Medium: Ink on paper
Object number: 2001.4.434.11