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Profile portrait of a woman (Caroline)

Maker

(artist)
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

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”.

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