![William Watson Peploe, Souvenir du triangle rouge [Souvenir of the Red Triangle]](https://www.nationalgalleries.org/sites/default/files/styles/postcard/public/externals/169271.jpg?itok=OikUWsbe)
About this artwork
This postcard was painted and sent by the artist to a friend in Edinburgh. On the back he mentions, in French, that the red triangle is an ancient symbol of God.
Updated before 2020
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artist:William Watson Peploe (1869 - 1933) Scottish
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title:Souvenir du triangle rouge [Souvenir of the Red Triangle]
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date created:1918
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materials:Watercolour and ink on postcard
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measurements:9.00 x 14.10 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Purchased 1973
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accession number:GMA 1295
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William Watson Peploe
William Watson Peploe
The older brother of Samuel John Peploe, W.W. Peploe was a bank manager with the Commercial Bank of Scotland in Stockbridge, Edinburgh. An amateur painter, a small number of the works he produced bear an intriguing relationship to contemporary futurist and vorticist art.
