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Mrs Tufnell: 2314.2

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

Mrs Tufnell

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Downman, John

Entities

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: 206 mm
Width: 167 mm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Production date: AD 1780

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Watercolour
White bodycolour
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, watercolour and white highlights on paper, laid down (red chalk applied to verso)

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: partially erased

  • Text: Lady of / Coll Tufnell
  • Location: Lower left
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Text: 2
  • Location: Album sheet, recto, upper right
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Text: The Lady of Coll. Tufnell M.M. Original study 1780 / for her brother my friend Mr Farhall of Benet Coll / Pray says he, as my Sister is so Handsome I / should like her drawn as Venus, and her / Child as Cupid. She was indeed a fine Woman.
  • Location: Album sheet, recto, lower right
  • Method of creation: Black ink

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: 2314.2
Primary reference Number: 15366
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

Citation for print

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Mrs Tufnell" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/15366 Accessed: 2024-11-19 06:46:34

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