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Sketchbook: PD.404-1995

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

Sketchbook

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Romney, George

Entities

Categories

Description

Leatherbound, 59 leaves. Sheets have been removed from between the following: f.26-f.27 (one), f.29-f.30 (two apparently), f.41-f.42 (one), f.48-f.49 (one), f.54-f.55 (one or two) and f.57-f.58 (three).

Notes

History note: By descent to the artist's grand-daughter, Elizabeth Romney, her sale, Christie's, 24-25 May 1894; Sir John and Lady Witt, their sale, Sotheby's, 19 February 1987, lot 91; private collection; Sotheby's, 10 July 1995, lot 124, bt. Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox

Legal notes

Through Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1995) by Anonymous

Dating

Production date: before AD 1778 : The sketchbook dates from before 1778, as Charles Townley, whose name and address appears on the inside back cover of this sketchbook, lived in Suffolk Lane until that year. Britannia Watermark.

School or Style

British

Components of the work

Leaf Size Height 87 mm Width 162 mm

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: from Miss Romney's Sale 1849 / George Romney's Sketch Book / Some in Sepia, mostly for / Portraits of Ladies / 68 Sketches
  • Location: Inside front cover
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Text: (numbers)
  • Location: Inside back cover
  • Method of creation: Brown ink

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.404-1995
Primary reference Number: 13280
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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