Thomas Bardwell, 1704–1767, British, Preparatory Sketch, Half-length Portrait of a Woman, ca. 1730
- Title:
Preparatory Sketch, Half-length Portrait of a Woman
- Part Of:
- Date:
- ca. 1730
- Medium:
- Graphite on white laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 5 1/8 x 3 1/2in. (13 x 8.9cm)
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.9618(33)
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
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Created by Thomas Bardwell (1704-1767), the artist; probably acquired by William Henry van Nassau van Zuylestein, fourth Earl of Rochford (1717-1781); by descent to William Henry Nassau de Zuylestein, fifth Earl of Rochford (1754-1830), his nephew; by bequest to William Alexander Archibald Hamilton, eleventh Duke of Hamilton (1811-1863), his half-grand nephew; by descent to William Douglas-Hamilton, twelfth Duke of Hamilton (1845-1895), his son; by descent to Lady Mary Louise Graham (née Douglas-Hamilton), Duchess of Montrose (1884-1957), his daughter; …; acquired by Alan G. Thomas (1911-1992) of 7a Wimborne Road, Bournemouth, England; acquired by Paul Mellon (1907-1999), 1961; by whom given to the Yale Center for British Art, 1977. Citations Miles, Ellen G. "A NOTEBOOK OF PORTRAIT COMPOSITIONS BY THOMAS BARDWELL." The Volume of the Walpole Society 53 (1987): 181–92. http://www.jstor.org/stable/42581376
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