Drawing of a donkey, a house, and a tree, and a drawing of two fish

Beegan, J.J., active approximately 1946

Date:: c.1946

Reference:: 2846853i / 2846856i

Part of:: Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)

Archives and manuscripts

Collection contents

Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)PP/ADA
- Adamson CollectionPP/ADA/C
  - Identified works created in Adamson's studiosPP/ADA/C/8
    - Works by Beegan, J. J.PP/ADA/C/8/9
      - Drawing of a donkey, a house, and a tree, and a drawing of two fish2846853i / 2846856i

About this work

Also known as

Previous titles, replaced January 2025: A donkey, a house, a tree etc. Matchstick drawing by J.J. Beegan, ca. 1946. / Two fishes. Matchstick drawing by J.J. Beegan, ca. 1946.

Description

Both drawings are across conjoined sheets of toilet paper, made using pencil, previously misidentified as the carbon from the end of a matchstick. Also contains a black circular shape, possibly a pencil rubbing of a coin. Inscription written underneath the drawings by the creator. It was previously combined with 2846842i to make a single image.

Publication/Creation

c.1946

Physical description

2 drawings (in 1 mount) pencil on toilet paper

Contributors

Beegan, J.J., active approximately 1946

Arrangement

Prior to Wellcome Collection, this work was framed and stored in David O'Flynn's office in Orchard House, Lambeth Hospital. The work has been deframed during cataloguing for preservation reasons.

Related material

Photographs and discussion featured in ALMOST CERTAINLY, THE CATALOGUE RASIONNÉ OF THE CREATOR(S?) KNOWN AS JJ BEEGAN

Notes

This work is untitled; the title has been supplied by the cataloguer for identification purposes.

This work is attributed to the creator; the creator was identified by Edward Adamson in other documentation.