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Charles Gow
active 1844-1872
Portrait of Agnes Strickland (1796-1874)
Black chalk, stumped, with red and white chalk, on dark gray paper.
13 1/8 x 9 5/16 inches (334 x 236 mm)
Gift of Sir John Pope-Hennessy.
1984.15
Notes: 

Watermark: none.

Inscription: 

Inscribed and signed at lower right in purple pencil, "Agnes Strickland / by C Gow"; on verso at lower left, "Agnes Strickland".

Provenance: 
Dame Una amd Sir John Pope-Hennessy, London.
Associated names: 

Pope-Hennessy, Una, 1876-1949, former owner.
Pope-Hennessy, John Wyndham, Sir, 1913-1994, former owner.

Bibliography: 

Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twenty-First Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984-1986. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1989, p. 344-345.

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Gow, Charles
School: 
British
Century: 
19th century
Classification: 
Drawing
Department: 
Drawings and Prints