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About the De Morgan Centre Reserve Collection

Study of drapery
by Evelyn De Morgan

The Reserve Collection houses approximately 400 drawings by Evelyn which cover her career from her student work in the 1870s through to her death in 1919. Many of these highly finished drawings relate to her large scale, often mythological, oils which hang in the permanent collection. Her classical training at the Slade School of Art is illustrated in the many studies showing the fall of drapery and studies of hands, feet and torsos.

Other items not on display include tiles and other ceramics by William De Morgan and lesser known paintings and drawings by Evelyn which are exhibited from time to time.

Drawing of a Male Head
by Evelyn De Morgan