Profile portrait of a woman (Caroline)
Maker
(artist)
1755-1826
1755-1826
Title
Profile portrait of a woman (Caroline)
Date of Production
1770 - 1826
Medium
graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 22.6 cm
Width: 18.4 cm
Width: 18.4 cm
Accession Number
D.1975.XX.19
Mode of Acquisition
Margaret Whinney, gift, 1975 (September)
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Rupert Gunnis, Tunbridge Wells (1899-1965); Margaret Whinney, London (1897-1975); Whinney Bequest 1975
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower centre edge, graphite, artist's hand: "My Dear Caroline Drawn from life / (when she was very ill) By J. Flaxman”. On label (removed, now in object file), blue ink, Margert Whinney's hand: “This drawing by John Flaxman, which / came from the collection of Mr. Rupert Gunnis is / to be given to the Courtauld Institute at my / death. Margaret Whinney / 23 Dec. 1965”.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower centre edge, graphite, artist's hand: "My Dear Caroline Drawn from life / (when she was very ill) By J. Flaxman”. On label (removed, now in object file), blue ink, Margert Whinney's hand: “This drawing by John Flaxman, which / came from the collection of Mr. Rupert Gunnis is / to be given to the Courtauld Institute at my / death. Margaret Whinney / 23 Dec. 1965”.
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