Sir David Wilkie
1785-1841
Napoleon's Legs. Verso: Reclining Figure of a Sleeping Woman
1836
21 3/4 x 17 3/8 inches (553 x 440 mm)
Black chalk, white chalk, pen and brown ink, watercolor (black, red and brown), and some oil paint, graphite, on brown-gray paper; verso: black and red chalk.
1960.2
Purchased as the gift of the Fellows.
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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.
Adams, Frederick B., Jr. Tenth Annual Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1960, p 66-68.
Adams, Frederick B., Jr. Tenth Annual Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1960, p 66-68.
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