Portrait of an unknown woman (1941)

Mary Kessell

pen and blue ink and wash

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Photo credit: Trustees of the British Museum

Classification:

Drawing and Watercolour

Materials:

Pen, Ink, Wash

Physical Object Description:

Half-length portrait of an unknown woman; turned slightly to left, her arms resting in her lap. Signed and dated

Dimensions:

32 x 19.5 cm

Accession Number:

1953,0518.2

Credit:

Presented by Contemporary Art Society, 1953

Scheme:

Historic Purchase by Purchaser (1914-2008)

Ownership history:

Purchased by A. M. Hind (1880-1957) for the Contemporary Art Society, with its Prints and Drawings Fund, 1941; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1953

Relationship:

Arthur Mayger 'A. M.' Hind Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Subject:

Portraits

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