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Study for "The First Ear-ring": 2273

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An image of Drawing
Current Location: In storage

Titles

Study for "The First Ear-ring"

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Wilkie, David

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Notes

History note: Artist's sale, 21 June 1860, lot. 131; bought Hogarth £2; Dr. D.J. Macauley of Halifax; Sotheby's, 25 January 1922, lot. 683; bought by Charles Shannon £2 15s

Legal notes

The Ricketts and Shannon Collection. Bequeathed by Charles Shannon, 1937

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1937) by Shannon, Charles Haslewood

Note

A compositional study for the painting in the Tate Gallery (no. 328).

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Brown ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Techniques used in production

Drawing (image-making) : Pen and brown ink on paper

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: The broken China jar or Ghost laid / a story founded on fact and painted to / illustrate a poem entitled, "The Social Day" / The Rabit (sic) on the wall a candlelight amusement
  • Location: Verso
  • Text: 42
  • Location: Old frame, verso
  • Method of creation: Graphite

Identification numbers

Accession number: 2273
Primary reference Number: 14408

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 10 June 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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