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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1964.104
People
George Frederic Watts, British (London, England 1817 - 1904 Limnerslease, Compton, England)
Title
Portrait of Emily, Lady Tennyson
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1858
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/296959

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on white paper
Dimensions
35.2 x 25.8 cm (13 7/8 x 10 3/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gifts for Special Uses Fund
Accession Year
1964
Object Number
1964.104
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Frederick Cummings, Allen Staley, and Robert Rosenblum, Romantic Art in Britain: Paintings and Drawings 1760-1860, exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts and Philadelphia Museum of Art (Detroit/Philadelphia, 1968), cat. no. 205, repr.
  • Barbara Bryant, G. F. Watts Portraits: Fame & Beauty in Victorian Society, exh. cat., National Portrait Gallery (London, 2004), under cat. no. 41, fig. 37
  • Joanna Selborne, ed., Life, Legend, Landscape: Victorian Drawings and Watercolours, exh. cat., The Courtauld Gallery (London, 2011), p. 66

Exhibition History

  • Romantic Art in Britain: Paintings and Drawings 1760-1860, Detroit Institute of Arts, 01/09/1968 - 02/18/1968; Philadelphia Museum of Art, 03/14/1968 - 04/21/1968

Verification Level

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