Tattooing Shop in a Yorkshire Town

Anthony Gross, 1905 - 1984



Tattooing Shop in a Yorkshire Town

Anthony Gross 1905 - 1984

Summary

View of a shop front. A casement window to the right displays goods and has "TATTOOING" inscribed across the top of the window. Three figures can be seen in an interior, through an opening in a door to the centre. A dog sits outside to the left of the door beside a board advertising cigarettes. There is a grate in the bottom left corner. In the bottom right corner the artist has written, 'Richmond. York'


Object Name

Tattooing Shop in a Yorkshire Town

Creators Name

Anthony Gross

Date Created

1943 (circa)

Dimensions

support: 20.1cm x 32.4cm

accession number

1947.343

Support

paper

Medium

watercolour
gouache
ink

Credit

Gift of H.M. Government War Artists' Advisory Committee.

Legal

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