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Sir David Wilkie
1785-1841
Three Studies of a Right Hand, One Holding an Open Book
Black chalk, with red chalk and red and gray wash, with white opaque watercolor, on paper.
13 x 10 1/4 inches (330 x 261 mm)
Gift of Elizabeth M. Riley.
1982.94
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Watermark: none visible through lining.
Inscription:
Inscribed at lower edge of old mount, in pen and brown ink, "A man's hand with a Book".
Provenance:
Baskett & Day, London; Elizabeth M. Riley.
Associated names:
Riley, Elizabeth M. (Elizabeth Mildred), 1907-2002, former owner.
Bibliography:
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twentieth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981-1983. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, p. 315.
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