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Identification and Creation

Object Number
5.2023.9
People
George Richmond, British (London 1809 - 1896 London)
Title
Portrait of Samuel Palmer, R.W.S.
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1824-1830
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/377756

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Red chalk on cream antique laid paper
Dimensions
20.3 × 16.7 cm (8 × 6 9/16 in.)
frame: 44.5 × 38.1 cm (17 1/2 × 15 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • watermark: shield [partial]
  • stamp: stencil on backboard: WN549 [Christie's number]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Sotheby's, London, November 18, 1976, lot 188]. [Sotheby's, London, July 10, 1980, lot 82]. [Peter Nahum, London]. [Christie's, London, November 16, 2006, lot 209] sold; to George White

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Loan from George and Patti White
Object Number
5.2023.9
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Richard Ormond, Early Victorian Portraits, National Portrait Gallery (London, 1973)
  • Fine Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century English Drawings and Watercolours, auct. cat., Sotheby's, London (London, November 18, 1976), lot 188, repr.
  • Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century British Watercolours and Drawings, auct. cat., Sotheby's, London (London, July 10, 1980), lot 82
  • Burne-Jones, the Pre-Raphaelites and their Century, auct. cat., Peter Nahum (London, 1989), no. 2, repr.
  • Missing Pages, George Richmond R.A. 1809-1896, Drawings, Watercolours, Letters, Journals & Notebooks, auct. cat., Thomas Agnew & Sons Ltd. (London, 2001), under cat. no. 41
  • British Art on Paper, auct. cat., Christie's, London (London, November 16, 2006), lot 209

Exhibition History

  • Burne-Jones, the Pre-Raphaelites and their Century, Leicester Galleries, 07/01/1989 - 07/31/1989

Verification Level

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