Thomas Gainsborough
1727-1788
Study for Portrait of Miss Lloyd
late 1740s
7 7/16 x 5 7/8 inches (189 x 149 mm)
Graphite on laid paper.
III, 46c
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Notes
One of three preparatory studies (III, 46a-c) connected with a portrait of an unidentified girl, traditionally called Miss Lloyd, now in the Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth.
The three studies are on one mat.
The three studies are on one mat.
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: Letters "GR", fragment (missing crown).
Associated names
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Bibliography
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, III, 46c.
Wiles, Stephanie. To Observe and Imagine : British Drawings, 1600-1900. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1998, no. 30.
Wiles, Stephanie. To Observe and Imagine : British Drawings, 1600-1900. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1998, no. 30.
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Century Drawings
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