drawing
- Museum number
- 1939,0805.1
- Description
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Portrait of a lady, seated, three-quarter length; turned to left, her right arm resting on a table beside her, on which stands a large covered classical urn with handles, a book in her left hand
Graphite, with watercolour
- Production date
- 1746-1800
- Dimensions
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Height: 378 millimetres
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Width: 310 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- The headress on this young woman may indicate she is one of the daughters of George III and she does bear a family resemblance.
A lovely full-length portrait of Mrs Burton of Lincoln in a landscape with fir trees, holding a parasol, wearing a black lace shawl, leaning on a tomb or classical altar with a large urn with a freize in relief, was with Christie's 9 December 2009 (lot 221) (57.5 x 42.5 cm). The format owes much to Edridge and Buck but with more colour than the former and less stilted and formalized than the latter.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1939
- Acquisition notes
- This item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45. The British Museum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1939,0805.1