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Sir David Wilkie
1785-1841
Hand Holding a Piece of Paper
1836
Black chalk with smudging, white, red, and purple chalk, on brown-gray paper.
9 9/16 x 11 7/8 inches (243 x 301 mm)
Purchased as the gift of the Fellows.
1960.4
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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.
Provenance:
Thomas E. Lowinsky; J. Coats.
Associated names:
Lowinsky, Thomas, 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.
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