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George Romney
1734-1802
Orestes
Brown ink and wash, over graphite, on laid paper.
11 x 12 inches (279 x 305 mm); extended along left margin
Purchased as the gift of E.J. Rousuck.
1969.15
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Watermark: orb-cross above coat of arms of city of Frabriano; below letters FABRIANO in scroll. Watermark, beta radiograph. FABRIANO, crown, orb, "CC", anvil 123248wm_1969_15_WM_beta.jpg
Leaf from a dismembered sketchbook.
Provenance:
Miss Romney; Sir Otto Beit; Sir Alfred Beit; sale, London, Sotheby's, 20 March 1963, part of lot 13.
Associated names:
Romney, Miss, former owner.
Beit, Otto, 1865-1930, former owner.
Beit, Alfred, 1903-1994, former owner.
Rousuck, E. J. (Emanuel Jay), 1898- donor.
Bibliography:
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Sixteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969-1971. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1973, p. 120.
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