Female Nude Reclining on Clouds; verso: Brutus and the Ghost of Julius Caesar | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1919.560.31
People: Sir Joshua Reynolds, British (Plympton, England 1723 - 1792 London, England)
Title: Female Nude Reclining on Clouds; verso: Brutus and the Ghost of Julius Caesar
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing, sketchbook page
Date: 18th century
Culture: British
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/179909

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite on cream antique laid paper

Dimensions

19.8 x 16.1 cm (7 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: 1919.560.31
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

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

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1919.560.1-33
Sir Joshua Reynolds

Sketchbook
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Verification Level

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