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Portrait of William Henry Davies (1871-1940) (1919)

John Laviers Wheatley

watercolour

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

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Classification:

Drawing and Watercolour

Materials:

Watercolour

Physical Object Description:

Portrait of William Henry Davies, poet (1871-1940); almost whole-length, sitting in armchair, turned to right, hands resting on lap, and pipe in mouth, a fireplace beyond. 1919 Watercolour. Inscribed and dated: "John Wheatley/1919."

Dimensions:

25.3 x 35.3 cm

Accession Number:

1924,0209.11

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1924

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Purchased by Campbell Dodgson (1867-1948) with the Prints and Drawings Fund of the Contemporary Art Society, 1920; presented to Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1924

Relationship:

Campbell Dodgson Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Subject:

Portraits

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John Laviers Wheatley

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