Mahatma Gandhi
Unknown artist
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1940 - 1950
Materials
Black crayon on paper
Measurements
422 x 346 mm (16.625 x 13.625 in)
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Shaw's Corner, Hertfordshire
NT 1274709
Summary
Black crayon drawing on paper, sketch of the Indian anti-colonial nationalist Mahatma Gandhi (1869 – 1948) by an unknown artist. Gandhi in left profile, wearing spectacles, chin in right hand. Seal mark bottom right. This sketch of Gandhi was a gift to Shaw from the artist Padmashree Singannachar Narasimha Swamy (Mysore 1911 - Mysore 1983). Swamy’s portrait of Radindranath Tagore can be found in Shaw’s study. Shaw travelled to India in 1933 and visited Gandhi. They had previously met in London in 1931 while Gandhi was attending the Second Round Table Conference to discuss the future government of India. Shaw admired his humanitarian outlook and ability to initiate change through peaceful protest. There are two images of Gandhi at Shaw’s Corner reflecting Shaw’s interest in his politics and views: this drawing, and the photograph on the dining room mantelpiece (NT 1274646).
Provenance
A gift to Shaw from the artist Padmashree Singannachar Narasimha Swamy (Mysore 1911 - Mysore 1983). The Shaw Collection. The house and contents were bequeathed to the National Trust by George Bernard Shaw in 1950, together with Shaw's photographic archive.
Makers and roles
Unknown artist, artist