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Cuthbert Bede
1827-1889
The Gothic Chair at Connington
1852
Pen and brown ink and wash, and gray wash, watercolor, and white opaque watercolor on gray paper.
12 x 8 3/4 inches (305 x 221 mm)
Gift of Sir John Pope-Hennessy.
1984.16:8
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Watermark: none.
Study for an illustration in Edward Bradley's "Fotheringay, and Mary Queen of Scots...", London, 1886, following p. 36.
Inscription:
Signed and dated at lower left in pen and brown ink, "Edward Bradley delt: Decr: 1852"; inscribed on accompanying sheet with questions regarding restoration of the chair posed by Edward Bradley and answered by Mr. Ruddle, builder of Peterborough.
Provenance:
Sir John Pope-Hennessy.
Associated names:
Pope-Hennessy, John Wyndham, Sir, 1913-1994, former owner.
Bibliography:
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twenty-First Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984-1986. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1989, p. 324.
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