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Titles
Sarah, Countess Tyrconnel
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 1937.
Measurements and weight
Height: 204 mm
Width: 168 mm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1938-02-15)
by
Cunliffe, Leonard Daneham
Dating
Production date:
AD 1792
School or Style
British
Materials used in production
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 and white highlights on paper, laid down (chalk or watercolour applied to verso)
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: remains of an inscription, mostly erased
- Location: Lower left
- Method of creation: Graphite
- Text: 5.
- Location: Album sheet, recto, upper right
- Method of creation: Black ink
- Text: The Countess of Tyrconnel 1792 Origl. Study / She was Sarah. Huffey Delaval 2d. Wife to Earl / Tyrconnel, and youngest Daughter of / Lord Delaval. / I drew eight Portraits of her - see one / finished in Vol. (?) P. 22
- Location: Album sheet, recto, lower right
- Method of creation: Black ink
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: 2315.5
Primary reference Number: 15367
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
