ΦAugustus John OM, RA (Welsh 1878-1961)

ΦAugustus John OM, RA (Welsh 1878-1961)
Study of a family group
Pen and ink and grey wash
21 x 16.5cm

Provenance:
The Collection of Dr S. Leonard Simpson;
And by descent

This work dates to c.1905, one of several similar studies Augustus John made with a larger composition in mind. For similar studies in pen and ink see John Rothenstein, Augustus John (Oxford, Phaidon Press, 1945), no.70; and David Fraser Jenkins, Augustus John: Studies for Compositions (National Museum of Wales, 1978), no.82. We are grateful to Rebecca John for her assistance cataloguing the present work.