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Theodore Blake Wirgman
1848-1925
Portrait of John Ruskin
Graphite, light brown wash, with white opaque watercolor, on wove paper.
10 3/16 x 5 5/16 inches (259 x 135 mm)
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1981.27:1
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Watermark: none.
Preliminary study for pl. No. XVIII in the Supplement to "The Graphic", 3 April 1886.
Includes separate studies of eyes at right center.
The Library also has the print after Wirgman's drawing.
Inscription:
Inscribed on verso at lower center, in graphite, partially effaced, "1st ref. W.D."; at lower right corner, "40".
Provenance:
William Drummond, Covent Garden Gallery, London.
Associated names:
Drummond, William, former owner.
Bibliography:
Daily Telegraph; London, 29 June 1981.
Kneller to Epstein: An Exhibition of Portarit and Figure Drawings and Watercolours, William Drummond, Covent Garden Gallery, London, 1981, repr. on back cover of exhibition leaflet.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twentieth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981-1983. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, p. 315.
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