Study of a girl, in profile to the left

Details

Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827)
Study of a girl, in profile to the left
with signature 'Rowlandson' (lower right)
pencil, pen and grey ink and watercolour
6¾ x 5½ in. (17.2 x 14 cm.)

Provenance

with Squire Gallery, London.
Collection of K.A.T. Davey, C.B.; Christie's, London, 24 November 1998, lot 27, when acquired by the present owner.

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Lot Essay

It has been suggested that the present watercolour depicts Miss Baker. The Bakers of Bayfordbury Park were early patrons of Rowlandson. For another watercolour of the sitter by Rowlandson, formerly in the A.E.W. Wheeler Collection, see B. Falk, Thomas Rowlandson, his Life and Art, London, 1949, illustrated opposite p. 124.

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