Attributed to John Hodges BENWELL (1764-1785).
Portrait... Lot 6
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Attributed to John Hodges BENWELL (1764-1785).
Portrait of Miss Priscilla Burrough.
Black pencil, red chalk and blotter.
H_16,1 cm W_12,7 cm (oval shape), small spots and foxing
and foxing, drawing doubled
Annotated on the back of the frame "Drawing
with two pencils heightened with blue by Benwell".
This drawing was used as a model for an engraving by Francesco
Bartolozzi dated 1783 and entitled A St. James's
Beauty. The British Museum holds one of the versions
(Inv.1870,1008.2332).
Expert : Cabinet de Bayser.
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