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Letter Home
Alex Jackson
approx. exposed area of image inside frame
10in h x 8in w
pen & wash on paper
£250 framed
Item number 2825
Portrait of a soldier wearing naval boots writing a letter home from a ship bound for Italy This is a suburb wash drawing completely capturing the poignancy of the moment when the soldier writes home. The wash is beautifully laid down with great delicacy Painted while on board a ship bound for Italy during the war
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| About the artist
Born: 1918
Alex Jackson studied at the Royal College of Art but his studies were interrupted by the 2nd World War. After the end of hostilities he went back to college, eventually becoming principal of Bournville School of Art. With Gordon Yapp and Waveney Fredrick, he founded the Birmingham Pastel Society whose first exhibition took place in 1984.
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painting |
| Date of work |
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1942 |
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dated on the reverse |
| The last owner of the work |
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acquired from the artist |
| How we know who the artist is |
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the artist |
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| School of painting |
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Modern British |
| Style of painting |
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Representational |
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figurative representative |
| Dimensions (h x w x d) inches |
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10 x 8 |
| Condition of work |
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good |
| Recent restoration |
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No known restoration |
| Where exhibited |
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believed never exhibited |
| Quantity available |
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1 |
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1 |
| Item number |
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2825 |
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So that you know how we have indexed this picture,
below are the keywords we have used. 
painting, pen & wash, paper, Letter Home, Portrait of a soldier wearing naval boots writing a letter home from a ship bound for Italy, This is a suburb wash drawing completely capturing the poignancy of the moment when the soldier writes home. The wash is beautifully laid down with great delicacy, Painted while on board a ship bound for Italy during the war, 00.00.1942, Modern British, Representational, figurative, historical, representative, sitting, letter writing, brown |
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