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Robert Smirke
1752-1845
Design for a Medal. Verso: portrait sketch and numerical notations
Pen and brown ink and wash, over graphite, on paper; verso: graphite.
6 3/8 x 6 5/16 inches (162 x 161 mm)
Purchased on the E.J. Rousuck Fund.
1976.25
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Watermark: none.
Alternate design for medal commemorating the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Royal Academy (founded in 1769) showing Art and Time personified.
Inscription:
Inscribed as part of design: "ANNO / INST / XXV and ACAD. / REG. ART. / LONDINI."
Provenance:
William Drummond, Ltd., London.
Associated names:
Drummond, William, former owner.
Bibliography:
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Eighteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1975-1977. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978, p. 292.
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