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drawing
Object Type
drawing
Museum number
1866,0714.35
Description
Portrait of a lady, perhaps Elizabeth, Countess of Northumberland; three-quarter length, body in profile to left, head half-length, eyes to front, her right arm extended, and her left hand holding before her a fold of her dress Graphite, heightened with white, and touched with red, on oiled paper
Producer name
Drawn by:
Sir Peter Lely
School/style
British
Dutch
Production date
1618-1680
Materials
paper
Technique
drawn
Dimensions
Height:
153 millimetres
Width:
129 millimetres
Bibliographic references
Croft-Murray 1960 / Catalogue of British Drawings in the British Museum, XVI and XVII centuries
(23)
Binyon 1898-1907 / Catalogue of drawings by British artists, and artists of foreign origin working in Great Britain
(7)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Portrait of:
Elizabeth Howard, Countess of Northumberland
(?)
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Dr Rev Henry Wellesley
(Sotheby's, 29.vi.1866/857 as Lely 'THE COUNTESS OF NORTHUMBERLAND a sketch in black chalk and sepia, heightened with white' £1-1-0 bt Colnaghi for BM)
Purchased through:
Colnaghi
Acquisition date
1866
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1866,0714.35