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Silhouettes, portraits and landscapes: PD.620-R

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Titles

Silhouettes, portraits and landscapes

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Unknown

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Description

Brown leather binding extensively covered with metal studs and sealed with a clasp. Inside covers are purple silk; there is an empty wallet and an unsharpened pencil. 39 ff. and two endpapers. 1 print, 1 silhouette, 1 graphite drawing, and 41 watercolour drawings.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1922) by Perceval, Spencer George

Dating

1820s
1830s
Circa 1822 - 1832

Note

2nd portrait signed? - see inscriptions/marks

School or Style

Italian
Neapolitan School

Materials used in production

Watercolour
Bodycolour
White bodycolour
Graphite
Ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper ( laid down)
Coverboard Size Height 238 mm Width 322 mm

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: signature?

  • Location: Front endpaper, verso
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: JOHN . MIDDLETON . LONDON
  • Location: On the shaft of the pencil
  • Method of creation: Stamp
  • Text: AO Fecit / 1832
  • Location: Lower right, graphite drawing, f.3
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Type: Signature

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Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.620-R
Primary reference Number: 29972
Temporary Perceval number: PBS13

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 15 October 2025

Associated departments & institutions

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

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