drawing

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Object Type: drawing
Museum number: Y,5.16
Description: Portrait of Mrs Barnes, the actress, as Anne Boleyn, from Shakespeare's 'King Henry VIII'; whole-length standing with hands spread out, looking r, curtain and sepulchral urn behind, within an oval Pen and grey ink and grey wash
Producer name: Drawn by: Edward Francis Burney; Formerly attributed to: Anonymous
School/style: British
Production date: 1760-1818
Materials: paper
Technique: drawn
Dimensions: Height: 102 millimetres; Width: 82 millimetres
Bibliographic references: Binyon 1898-1907 / Catalogue of drawings by British artists, and artists of foreign origin working in Great Britain (IV, p.377)
Location: Not on display
Associated names: Portrait of: Mrs Barnes
Acquisition name: Donated by: Dorothea, Lady Banks
Previous owner: Previous owner/ex-collection: Sarah Sophia Banks
Acquisition date: 1818
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: Y,5.16

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