Sir Thomas Lawrence

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Sir Thomas Lawrence
1769-1830
Portrait of Pope Pius VII
Pencil, black and red chalk, stumped, with touches of white chalk, on paper.
17 7/8 x 14 3/8 inches (480 x 365 mm)
Purchased as the gift of the Fellows.
1956.2
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After the painting of 1819.

Provenance: 
Elizabeth, Duchess of Devonshire (?); anonymous sale, London, Christie's, July 5, 1926; Blakely; H. E. Schwabe.
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Devonshire, Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of, 1758-1824, former owner.
Blakely, former owner.
Schwabe, H. E., former owner.

Bibliography: 

Pierpont Morgan Library. Review of Acquisitions, 1949-1968. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969, p. 152.
Adams, Frederick B., Jr. Seventh Annual Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1957, p. 83-84.

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