Skip to main content

Mrs Swinfen: 2315.28

Awaiting location update

Titles

Mrs Swinfen

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Downman, John

Entities

Categories

Description

Laid down on 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 August 1937.

Measurements and weight

Height: 210 mm
Width: 173 mm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Production date: AD 1784

School or Style

British

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 and red chalk, with stump on paper, laid down (chalk or watercolour applied to verso)

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: 28.
  • Location: Album sheet, recto, upper right
  • Method of creation: Black ink
  • Text: Mrs Swinfen 1784 / Original Study for a Portrait half-length
  • Location: Album sheet, recto, lower right
  • Method of creation: Black ink

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: 2315.28
Primary reference Number: 15362

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

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Mrs Swinfen" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/15362 Accessed: 2024-05-01 02:21:42

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/15362 |title=Mrs Swinfen |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-05-01 02:21:42|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-15362

More objects and works of art you might like

An image of Drawing

Mrs Elizabeth Nation

Accession Number: 1915

An image of LoanMSSPB.26-2015_5_201803_kly25_mas_detail.tif

Edward Lear to Mrs Digby Wyatt: letter

Accession Number: LoanMSSPB.26-2015

An image of MS 17-1948_4_mas.jpg

Florence Nightingale to Mrs. Strutt: Letter

Accession Number: MS 17-1948

An image of Print

Portrait of Mrs. Jopling

Accession Number: P.139-1955

Suggested products from Curating Cambridge

Featured image for the project: Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management - Apron

Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management - Apron

£10.00

Featured image for the project: Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management - Recipe Notebook

Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management - Recipe Notebook

£14.00

Featured image for the project: Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management - glass worktop saver

Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management - glass worktop saver

£10.00

Featured image for the project: Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management - notecard pack

Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management - notecard pack

£6.00

You might be interested in this...

Featured image for the project: Pineapple grown in Sir Matthew Decker's garden at Richmond, Surrey

Pineapple grown in Sir Matthew Decker's garden at Richmond, Surrey

Featured image for the project: Duncan Robinson

Duncan Robinson

The Fitzwilliam Museum's gallery 3 roof

George Arnold by William Hogarth

Featured image for the project: Title-page to George Hall

Title-page to George Hall

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...

University of Cambridge Museums logo
Cambridge City Council logo
Arts Council England Logo
Research England logo