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Portrait of Grace, the artist's wife (circa 1938)

John Laviers Wheatley

black chalk, touched with white and red chalk, on grey paper

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

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Classification:

Drawing and Watercolour

Materials:

Black chalk

Physical Object Description:

Grace; whole-length portrait of the artist's wife, turned slightly to left, looking to front, seated, resting hands on her lap, and wearing a long dress. Inscribed: "John Wheatley".

Dimensions:

37 x 27.1 cm

Accession Number:

1939,0730.12

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1939

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Purchased by A. M. Hind (1880-1957) for the Contemporary Art Society, with its Prints and Drawings Fund, 1938; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1939

Relationship:

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

Subject:

Portraits

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John Laviers Wheatley

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