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drawing
;
album
Object Type
drawing
album
Museum number
1897,0813.9.101
Description
Head of a woman (tracing from an oil painting), from an album; head slightly to left, eyes to front Red chalk on brown oiled paper
Producer name
Drawn by:
Edward Byng
Drawn by:
Robert Byng
School/style
British
Production date
1690-1753
Materials
paper
Technique
drawn
Dimensions
Height:
371 millimetres
Width:
235 millimetres
Curator's comments
See also 1897,0813.9.1-94 See also 1897,0813.9.96-112 See also 1897,0813.9.114
Bibliographic references
Croft-Murray 1960 / Catalogue of British Drawings in the British Museum, XVI and XVII centuries
(8(103))
Binyon 1898-1907 / Catalogue of drawings by British artists, and artists of foreign origin working in Great Britain
(7)
Location
Not on display
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
George R Harding
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Elizabeth Wray
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Robert Bateman Wray I
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Robert Bateman Wray II
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Robert Wray
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Margaret Wray
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Cecil Wray Byng Wilkins Roberts
Acquisition date
1897
Acquisition notes
The provenance of these and other drawings that descended through the Wray family has been modified by research since the publication of ECM 1960. The wills of Edward Byng and his sister Elizabeth show that she inherited a life interest in the artists estate and that it was then divided between her sons William Wray, Robert Bateman Wray and Charles Wray. The subsequent descent through the family is not certain, but it seems that the drawings now in the BM descended from Robert Bateman Wray to his great-granddaughter, Margaret Wray, who gave them to Cecil Wray Byng Wilkins.
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1897,0813.9.101