Sir David Wilkie
1785-1841
Hand Holding a Piece of Paper
1836
9 9/16 x 11 7/8 inches (243 x 301 mm)
Black chalk with smudging, white, red, and purple chalk, on brown-gray paper.
1960.4
Purchased as the gift of the Fellows.
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Watermark: none.
One of six studies for "Napoleon and Pope Pius VII at Fontainbleau in 1813", 1836, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin.
One of six studies for "Napoleon and Pope Pius VII at Fontainbleau in 1813", 1836, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin.
Associated names
Lowinsky, Thomas, former owner.
Coats, J., former owner.
Coats, J., former owner.
Bibliography
Pierpont Morgan Library. Review of Acquisitions, 1949-1968. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969, p. 177.
Tenth report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1960 / compiled by Frederick B. Adams, Jr. New York : The Library, 1960, p. 66-68.
Tenth report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1960 / compiled by Frederick B. Adams, Jr. New York : The Library, 1960, p. 66-68.
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