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drawing
;
sketch-book
Object Type
drawing
sketch-book
Museum number
1938,1011.3
Description
Studies of a woman and a man (perhaps a portrait of the artist ?) formerly in a sketch-book; both half-length almost to front, the man wearing a wig. c.1750 Red-brown chalk
Producer name
Drawn by:
Anonymous
Formerly attributed to:
Jean François de Troy
School/style
French
Production date
1750
Materials
paper
Technique
drawn
Dimensions
Height:
351 millimetres
Width:
226 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Anon c.1750. See 1938-10-11-1 for the sketchbook from which this sheet was extracted.
Location
Not on display
Subjects
self-portrait
(?)
Associated names
Associated with:
Thomas Pennant
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Colnaghi
Funder name
Funded by:
H L Florence Fund
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Viscount Feilding
(Christie's 1.vii.1938/3)
Acquisition date
1938
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1938,1011.3