The Reading Room
1930
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1930
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
The Reading Room is a 1930 by Stanley RA Anderson, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
In this drawing, three men sit at a table, each engrossed in a book. The man in the foreground is older, with a balding head and a buttoned-up jacket. He holds a book open in front of him, his eyes fixed on the pages. Behind him, another man sits with his back to the viewer, wearing a jacket and a cap. A third man sits across from them, also reading a book. The room is filled with books, stacked on shelves that line the walls. The atmosphere is quiet and studious, with the men lost in their reading. The drawing is a great example of cross-hatching, a technique that creates detailed, textured images using closely spaced parallel lines.
A preparatory drawing by Stanley Anderson from 1930, this work served as a study for the later engraving titled *The Reading Room*.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Stanley R. A. Anderson filled sketchbooks with pencil drawings of quiet corners: a library alcove before 1930 titled The Reading Room, the rooftops and spires of Prague’s Church of St. Mikaláš, and a misty Morning on…
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