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Gainsborough Dupont
Portrait of the Duchess of Devonshire
ca. 1785
Black chalk with smudging and white chalk, on blue paper faded to brown.
18 1/8 x 10 5/8 inches (460 x 270 mm)
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III, 1a
Provenance:
Gainsborough Dupont; his sale, London, Christie's, 1797; John Thomas Smith (?), London; Mrs. Caleb Rose (?), Ipswich; her sale, London, Christie's, 30 March 1908; P & D Colnaghi and Co., London.
Associated names:
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727-1788, Formerly attributed to.
Smith, John Thomas, 1766-1833, former owner.
Rose, Caleb, Mrs., former owner.
Bibliography:
Bolzoni, Marco S. Thomas Gainsborough : Experiments in Drawings. New York : The Morgan Library & Museum, 2018, p. 80, repr.
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