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Study for the "Carmelite": 2278a

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

Study for the "Carmelite"

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Wilkie, David

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: Cheney bt from Colnaghi after sale at Christie's 26/4/1842; Charles Haslewood Shannon

Legal notes

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

Measurements and weight

Height: 182 mm
Width: 258 mm

Place(s) associated

  • Dublin ⪼ Ireland

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Production date: AD 1835-08-14

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Watercolour
Brown ink
Graphite
Black chalk

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Techniques used in production

Watercolour : Graphite, black chalk, pen and brown ink and watercolour on paper

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: The carmelite
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Text: Impenitent for the nun's cell
  • Location: Left
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Text: Dublin August 14th 1835
  • Location: Bottom right
  • Method of creation: Ink
  • Text: The Carmelite no. 158 Wilkie catalogue, bought at the auction at Christie's, 26 April 1842 (£3) by D. Colnaghi and ceded to me the same day - E Cheney's autograph
  • Location: Old mount, verso
  • Method of creation: Ink

Identification numbers

Accession number: 2278a
Primary reference Number: 14414
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 18 December 2023 Last processed: Monday 18 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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