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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1919.560.33
People
Sir Joshua Reynolds, British (Plympton, England 1723 - 1792 London, England)
Title
Blank page; verso: Figure; Sketch of Female Bust
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
sketchbook page, drawing
Date
18th century
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/179823

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite and brown ink on cream antique laid paper
Dimensions
12.3 x 16.1 cm (4 13/16 x 6 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • watermark: top of crown [Full watermark: Britannia figure encircled with the words EJUSQUE / LIBERTATE / PRO PATRIA, the whole crowned; with countermark GR, crowned (similar to Churchill 225, also 219-236; similar to Heawood 214, also 201-221)]

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of W. A. White
Accession Year
1919
Object Number
1919.560.33
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Page torn in half.

Publication History

  • "Reynolds's Sketch-Books", Athenaeum (May 24, 1856), no. 1491, pp. 655-656, p. 656

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