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Artist's daughter, Emily, lying on a sofa reading
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1776-1837
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Width: 18.2 cm
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Exhibition History
Constable Portraits - The Painter and his Circle, National Portrait Gallery & London & England, 05/03/2009-14/06/2009
Literature
no. 45 on p. 146
ill. on p. 147
Reynolds, Graham, The later paintings and drawings of John Constable, New Haven: Yale University Press 1984
no. 34.11 on p. 259
pl. 920
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 11
accession number given as 2541D
Inscriptions
Inscription: Recto: lower centre, graphite, her name underlined: "May 18 1834 - Emily.". Support, Recto: lower left corner, graphite: "4 a". Support, Verso: centre, graphite: "Emily laying on the sofa / May 11th 1834 / Sunday Afternoon / No 1 Well Walk Hampstead".
Collector's mark: or papermark? Recto, upper right corner, blindstamped: illegible, letters seem backwards so likely stamped on the verso but can't check as drawing is laid down (not in Lugt). Support, Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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