"A Rake's Progress" and "The Drug Den" drawings

Date:
2000s
Reference:
PP/DBL/A/5/10
Part of:
David Beales: archive
  • Archives and manuscripts

About this work

Description

Eight A3 drawings for Beales' picture series "A Rake's Progress". Some of the pictures were also used in his artist book "The Drug Den". One drawing has "Murder of Charly Potter" written on the verso. The digital pictures are in PP/DBL/A/1/15 (The Drug Den) and PP/DBL/A/1/34 (A Rake's Progress). The preparatory sketches are in PP/DBL/A/3/19. The drawings are undated, the date has been estimated by the cataloguer.

Other related material is in PP/DBL/A/4/1, PP/DBL/A/4/2, PP/DBL/A/4/8, PP/DBL/A/4/16, PP/DBL/A/4/18, PP/DBL/A/5/19, PP/DBL/A/5/21, PP/DBL/B/8 and PP/DBL/B/10.

Publication/Creation

2000s

Physical description

8 drawings drawings on paper

Related material

Wellcome also holds the published booklet The drug den.

Where to find it

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