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The Temperance Hotel

Sir Muirhead Bone

Artwork Details

The Temperance Hotel
1902
Sir Muirhead Bone
graphite and ink on paper
11 1/2 in x 13 5/8 in (29.21 cm x 34.61 cm);10 in x 12 1/4 in (25.4 cm x 31.12 cm);4 1/8 in x 6 7/8 in (10.48 cm x 17.46 cm)
Joseph F. McCrindle Collection
2009/1.523

Description

Subject Matter:

Early in his career, Bone frequently depicted the slums and riverside docks of Glasgow, where he attended art school. This drawing, which might have been a study for a print, could depict one of the city's "temperance," or alcohol-free, hotels. 

Physical Description:

This graphite and ink drawing depicts a standing, isolated figure in the far left corner, a group of four to its right, an isolated female in a white dress to their right, and another lone figure to her right. A large building with three windows acts as a background.

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