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Creator:
Ozias Humphry, 1742–1810
Title:
John Flaxman
Date:
1778
Materials & Techniques:
Black chalk, and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 12 9/16 × 13 11/16 inches (31.9 × 34.8 cm), Sheet: 11 7/8 × 13 inches (30.2 × 33 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed in pen, with brown ink, verso, lower center: "Flaxman Jun. Sculptor | [O:H: Jn.] 1778 - Londini-"; inscribed in graphite, verso, lower right: "D3442 | Ozias Humphry RA 1742-1810 | Portrait of John Flaxman RA | 1755-1826 | [Get] 22 or 25 | the DNB refers to his curly hair and | fine eyes | LGD"

Collector's mark, verso: Paul Mellon

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.5449
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
portrait
Access:
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:10943
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Art in Focus : John Flaxman Modeling Bust of William Hayley (Yale Center for British Art, 2010-02-04 - 2010-05-30) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]

English Portrait Drawings & Miniatures (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-12-05 - 1980-02-17) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]

Lady Lever Art Gallery, British watercolours and drawings : Lord Leverhulme's collection in the Lady Lever Art Gallery, , Liverpool University Press, Liverpool, 2010, p. 119, N1455 A85 OVERSIZE (YCBA) [YCBA]

Nadia Tscherny, George Romney : Flaxman modelling the bust of Hayley, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1985 ?, p. 7, no. 13, V 0101 (YCBA) [YCBA]


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