Miss Mortlock: 2314.3

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Titles

Miss Mortlock

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Downman, John

Entities

Drawing

Categories

Description

Laid down on recto of album sheet, surrounded by drawn ink line.

Notes

History note: The artist; Mrs Isabella Chloe Benjamin, the artist's only daughter, sold, 1825; the executors of the late Sir E.F. Coates, Bart, Sale, Sotheby's, 15 February 1922; L.D. Cunliffe

Legal notes

Bequeathed 1937.

Measurements and weight

Height: 209 mm
Width: 170 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1938-02-15) by Cunliffe, Leonard Daneham

Dating

Production date: AD 1777

School or Style

Materials used in production

Black chalk
Red chalk

Components of the work

Support composed of paper ( laid down)

Techniques used in production

Drawing (image-making) : Black chalk with stump on paper, laid down (chalk or watercolour applied to verso)

Inscription or legends present

Text: 3
Location: Album sheet, recto, upper right
Method of creation: Graphite

Text: Miss Mortlock. 1777. Origl. / Eldest Sister of John Mortlock Esqr Banker / at Cambridge. I also drew her Mother and / four Sisters. and two of this
Location: Album sheet, recto, lower right
Method of creation: Black ink

References and bibliographic entries

John Downman 1750-1824; Landscape, figure studies and portraits of 'Distinguished persons' page(s): 87

Identification numbers

Accession number: 2314.3
Primary reference Number: 15351
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Audit data

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

Associated departments & institutions

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

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