drawing
- Museum number
- 1998,U.15
- Description
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Study for the painting 'A Scene from Tristram Shandy' ('Uncle Toby and the Widow Wadman'); a seated man and woman in conversation
Graphite
- Production date
- 1829-1830 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 178 millimetres
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Width: 207 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- The painting, now in the collection of Tate, London (N00403) was exhibited at the summer exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts, London in 1831 (no.238). An engraving after this painting from the 'The Art Journal' by Lumb Stocks is placed under him, 1872,1012.2112. There are also versions of the composition in the V&A and a watercolour version in the BM (2019,7094.1).
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Tristram Shandy
- Acquisition date
- 1829-1890
- 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.
Not known how acquired. Manuscript annotation beneath drawing records it as "Old Crown".
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1998,U.15
