drawing
- Museum number
- 1993,1106.6
- Description
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Virgin and Child; half-length, facing toward Child on l, within a drawn arch, column visible behind
Graphite and black chalk on white paper mounted on a sheet of rose-coloured paper
- Production date
- 1787-1840
- Dimensions
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Height: 325 millimetres
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Height: 390 millimetres
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Width: 275 millimetres (mount)
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Width: 231 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
-
1995-6 Nov-Apr, BM, Recent Acquisitions (no cat.)
- Acquisition date
- 1993
- 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.
This drawing and 1993-11-6-7 were purchased at Christie's in April 1993. It was given to the Museum in memory of the donor's mother who died in April 1993.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1993,1106.6