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Walford Graham Robertson
1866-1948
Salome the Dancer With St. John the Baptist's Head in a Charger
1902
Watercolor over graphite on illustration board.
13 1/4 x 14 5/16 inches (333 x 365 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.2430
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Signed "Graham Robertson 1902" at lower right.
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In pencil on verso: Salome the Dancer With St. John the Baptist's Head in a Charger (King Herod and Herodias seen through the curtains). Original Watercolour Decoration By W. Graham Robertson. 1902. Signed.
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary:
Drawing shows the head and shoulders of a richly clad Salome holding up a charger in one hand as she grips the head of John the Baptist by the hair with her other hand; in the background, King Herod and Herodias are visible through a parted curtain.
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