Study collection of 179 drawings and lithographs by Sir William Rothenstein 1896 - 1942

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Reference
- GB 70 TGA 997
Dates of Creation
- 1896-1942
Name of Creator
- Rothenstein, Sir William (1872–1945), artist and art administrator
Language of Material
- English
Physical Description
- 185 pieces
Digital Materials
- Works by Sir William Rothenstein at Tate

Scope and Content

These 179 drawings and lithographs cover the period 1896 to 1942. The drawings are in pencil, pastel or crayon on a variety of different coloured papers and card. As well as portraits and farm scenes there are alsodrawings Rothenstein made on a long trip to India in 1910-11 and others which date from his service as an official war artist in both world wars.

Administrative / Biographical History

William Rothenstein was born in 1872 in Bradford. He studied art at the Slade School 1888-9 and in Paris at the Académie Julian from 1889 - 1893. Although he painted landscapes, people and architectural subjects he specialised in portraiture and published several series of lithographs from 1893, completing 800 portraits by 1926. He died in 1945.

Access Information

Open. Access to all registered researchers.

Subjects

Personal Names

Rothenstein, William. ( 1872–1945) artist and art administrator, Sir

Corporate Names

The Royal College of Art

Archive Record|Table of contents

Study collection of 179 drawings and lithographs by Sir William Rothenstein 1896 - 1942TGA 997

Study of an Indian sitting in the yoga lotus position with inscribed title in an Indian script and inscribed, bottom left "W R Benares 1911"TGA 997/2

Study of a standing Scottish soldier wearing a kilt, inscribed bottomright "W R 1918"TGA 997/3

Squared up study of landscape with city wallsTGA 997/4

Study of the head of a man wearing a military hatTGA 997/5

Study of the head of a manTGA 997/6

Study of seated man in oriental costumeTGA 997/7

Study of man sitting in an armchairTGA 997/8

Study of boy's headTGA 997/9

Two studies of a male figure in a full llength cloakTGA 997/10

Portrait of John CoatesTGA 997/10A

Portrait of Professor PaultonTGA 997/11

Portrait of G P SamuelTGA 997/12

Portrait of MontefioreTGA 997/13

Study of Unidentified manTGA 997/14

Study of woman in eastern dressTGA 997/15

Study of unidentified manTGA 997/16

Study of young unidentified manTGA 997/17

Study of young unidentified womanTGA 997/18

Study of young unidentified manTGA 997/19

Study of young unidentified womanTGA 997/20

Study of unidentified womanTGA 997/21

Front:Study of woman's head in profile and detail of nose and one eyeTGA 997/22

Study of unidentified manTGA 997/23

Study of a woman resting her elbow on a ledgeTGA 997/24

Study of woman's head in profileTGA 997/25

Study of head of a bearded manTGA 997/26

Study of unidentified manTGA 997/27

Study of young unidentified manTGA 997/28

Study of middle aged man with spectaclesTGA 997/29

Study of elderly man with moustache and spectaclesTGA 997/30

Study of young girl in costume with a crown, seated in an armchairTGA 997/31

Study of young girl in costume with a crown, seated in an armchairTGA 997/32

Study of three standing figures - a man and two girlsTGA 997/33

Front: Study of young woman seated in a chair.TGA 997/34

Study of head and shoulders of a young womanTGA 997/35

'Kissing the Law': a study of two Jewish rabbisTGA 997/36

Front: Study of a young soldier or cadet.TGA 997/37

Study of young boy's headTGA 997/38

Study of a young woman carrying a child on her backTGA 997/39

Study of a head of a young womanTGA 997/40

Study of the head of an elderly manTGA 997/41

Study of head and shoulders of an man in profileTGA 997/42

Study of head of a young womanTGA 997/43

Study of head and shoulders of the same young woman as in TGA 997/43TGA 997/44

Study of head and shoulders of a young womanTGA 997/45

'Morris Kahn, New York, 1912'TGA 997/46

Study of a woman's headTGA 997/47

Study of the head of a man wearing spectaclesTGA 997/48

Front: Study of the head and torso of a girl wearing a sariTGA 997/49

Study of building with tower and gablesTGA 997/50

Front: Study of three men in Indian dress, inscribed bottom right "W R Chhatarpur 1910" Back: Study of two Indian men (one standing, one squatting)TGA 997/51

Study of young man in Indian dress, inscribed bottom right "W R Bubenashwar 1911"TGA 997/52

Study of tabby cat curled up asleepTGA 997/53

Outline study of a group of peopleTGA 997/54

Front: Studies of two Indian figures seated in the Lotus positionTGA 997/55

Three studies of a boyTGA 997/56

Page of small drawings of Indian figuresTGA 997/57

Study of a man's headTGA 997/58

Front: Study of a seated Indian wrapped in a long cloakTGA 997/59

Study of a female nudeTGA 997/60

Study of a man's headTGA 997/61

Study of a Town or Market Squre with stalls and people sitting on seats around a treeTGA 997/62

Study of Indian man in the Lotus positionTGA 997/63

Study of Indian man in the Lotus position, inscribed bottom right "W R Benares 1911"TGA 997/64

Study of a female nudeTGA 997/65

Study of head of an Indian wearing a turban, inscribed bottom right "Sastri"TGA 997/66

Front study of a ruined churchTGA 997/67

Study of a woman bending forwardsTGA 997/68

Study of two seated Indian men.TGA 997/69

Study of head and shoulders of a young manTGA 997/70

Study of a woman with her hand raised to her faceTGA 997/71

ront: Study of a robed, bearded man leaning over , back: similar study of the same manTGA 997/72

Front: Study of a seated female nude, back: Outline study of a standing female nudeTGA 997/73

Two studies of a young woman pulling on a stocking, inscribed bottom left "Pixie O'Neill, 39 St Georges's Rd, W HampsteadTGA 997/74

Study of the head of a young womanTGA 997/75

Study of the head of a man wearing a close-fitting hatTGA 997/76

Study of street sceneTGA 997/77

Study of a dark woodland sceneTGA 997/78

Front: four studies of robed figuresTGA 997/79

Front: Study of seated young Indian manTGA 997/80

Studies of Indian men kneelingTGA 997/81

Study of the Taj MahalTGA 997/82

Study of a seated Indian manTGA 997/83

Three studies of Indian beggarsTGA 997/84

Group of figures outside a fortressTGA 997/85

Study of farm buildings in a landscapeTGA 997/86

Landscape with farm buildingsTGA 997/87

Building with arches and a tower in a landscapeTGA 997/88

Study of the head of a young Indian womanTGA 997/89

Study of three Indian figuresTGA 997/90

Study of Family group drawn on a fanTGA 997/91

Front: Study of a baby's head, back: Similar study of the same babyTGA 997/92

Study of a standing female nudeTGA 997/93

Study of a soldier on horseback and two small studies of the soldier's headTGA 997/94

Four studies of a peasant woman with a pannierTGA 997/95

Five studies of a peasant woman with a pannierTGA 997/96

Study of a seated female nudeTGA 997/97

Study of a woman in peasant dress with apron and headdressTGA 997/98

Landscape with broken treesTGA 997/99

Kneeling Indian man in robes, holding a bookTGA 997/100

Front: Two studies of a woman's head back: another study of the same womanTGA 997/101

Study of plant with leaves and budsTGA 997/102

Front: Study of woman holding a small child, back: slight study of the same womanTGA 997/103

Study of two Indian figures, a man and a boy, in robesTGA 997/104

Study of a seated woman in robesTGA 997/105

Front: Two studies of a woman's head in profile, back: Slight study of a roof and chimney stackTGA 997/106

Front: studies of groups of seated Indian people, back: more studies of seated groupsTGA 997/107

Front: Three studies of a seated Indian woman, back: another study of the same womanTGA 997/108

Front: Study of a woman sitting on the ground reading a book, back: Study of a girl with a swirling skirtTGA 997/109

Front: Four studies of men in Indian dress (two standing and two crouching) with notes on suggested colours, back: Study of a standing man in Indian dressTGA 997/110

Study of a man in a maskTGA 997/111

Study of a seated female nudeTGA 997/112

Crowd of soldiers in steel helmets, some tending woundedTGA 997/113

Soldiers resting outside their tentsTGA 997/114

Group of five young women in Indian dressTGA 997/115

Head of a woman wearing a fashionable hat with fur crownTGA 997/116

Study of a boy in jersey and shorts with his hands in his pocketsTGA 997/117

Study of a boy in broad brimmed hat holding two handles (possibly of a wheel-barrow)TGA 997/118

Study of a boy in broad brimmed hat holding handle (possibly of a wheel-barrow), similar to TGA 997/118TGA 997/119

Study of an elderly man in Indian robesTGA 997/120

Two studies: a man leaning on a rail and a woman in Indian robesTGA 997/121

Study of a man in Indian dressTGA 997/122

Woman holding a babyTGA 997/123

Portait of Albert Haussen, a boy in cap, macintosh, scarf and bootsTGA 997/124

Portait of an unidentified young womanTGA 997/125

Study of a man's head in profileTGA 997/126

Front: Logging scene with workers sawing tree trunks Back:study of two men sawing a tree trunkTGA 997/127

Group of people including a man with a spade and a woman with outstretched armsTGA 997/128

Group of people loading hay from a hayrick to a baling machineTGA 997/129

Group of farmworkers with teams of horses This is a study for a lithographTGA 997/130

Study of two farmworkersTGA 997/131

Front: Study of farmworker with spade and pick-axeTGA 997/132

Front: Study of two workers with axes and pick-axeTGA 997/133

Front: Study of two workers with ppruning knivesTGA 997/134

Front: Study of two workers with axesTGA 997/135

Front: Study of two workers with rakesTGA 997/136

Front: Farm workers harvesting with machines inscribed "3 sacks under machine, horses going away with corn, horse and cart waiting"TGA 997/137

Workers with carts inscribed "Blue-grey wheels Grey brown green carts"TGA 997/138

'Potato Planting' from 'Work on the Land'TGA 997/139

'Burning Couch Grass' from 'Work on the Land'TGA 997/140

'Timber Hauling' from 'Work on the Land'TGA 997/141

'Ploughing' from 'Work on the Land'TGA 997/142

'Drilling'TGA 997/143

'Threshing' from 'Work on the Land'TGA 997/144

Portrait of Alphonse LegrosTGA 997/145

Portrait of William ArcherTGA 997/146

Portrait of the Marchioness of GranbyTGA 997/147

Portrait of Professor Charles Villiers StanfordTGA 997/148

Portrait of Arnold Dolmetsch playing the luteTGA 997/149

Portrait of Arnold Dolmetsch playing a violTGA 997/150

Portrait of Sir Frederick PollockTGA 997/151

Portrait of Arthur B SpingarmTGA 997/152

Portrait of Moritz Rothenstein, the artist's fatherTGA 997/153

Portrait of Herbert PhilipsTGA 997/154

Portrait of Joseph Dalton HookerTGA 997/155

Portrait of Adolf BrodskyTGA 997/156

Portrait of W E H LeckyTGA 997/157

Portrait of James HoyTGA 997/158

Portrait of John MorleyTGA 997/159

Portrait of Alphonse Legros, inscribed "Homage au Maitre Sept 96"TGA 997/160

Portrait of Sir Charles Herbert Hastings ParryTGA 997/161

Portrait of Mr William StrangTGA 997/162

Portrait of Sir Bosdin LeechTGA 997/163

Portrait of Sir Sidney ColvinTGA 997/164

Portrait of Reverend Richard Watson Dixon DDTGA 997/165

The Misses GaskellTGA 997/166

Portrait of Ernest Coquelin (known as Coquelin Cadet), French actorTGA 997/167

Portrait of Sir Frank ShortTGA 997/168

Portrait of Sir Frank ShortTGA 997/169