Woman of Scanno (first trial) (1927)

Robert Sargent Austin

engraving

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Classification:

Physical Object Description:

Half-length portrait of a woman, three-quarter to right, her hands clasped in her lap; touched proof. 1927 Engraving. Lettered "P" on plate (dedication to artist's wife). Inscribed with initials and dated. Signed, dated and annotated: "1st trial. 2 proofs-" and "left eye to be altered".

Technique:

Engraving

Dimensions:

20 x 15.7 cm

Accession Number:

1927,0709.147

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1927

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Purchased by Campbell Dodgson (1867-1948) for the Contemporary Art Society, with the Prints and Drawings Fund, 1927; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1927

Relationship:

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Subject:

Portraits, Woman

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