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Profile Portrait of a Young Woman

Oil Painting
1869 (painted)
Artist/Maker

Oil painting, 'Profile Portrait of a Young Woman', C. H. Dolmus, 1869


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleProfile Portrait of a Young Woman
Materials and techniques
Oil on canvas
Brief description
Oil painting, 'Profile Portrait of a Young Woman', C. H. Dolmus, 1869
Dimensions
  • Estimate height: 45.4cm
  • Estimate width: 36.8cm
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of Foreign Paintings, II. 1800-1900, C.M. Kauffmann, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1973
Style
Marks and inscriptions
'C. H. Dolmus 1869' (Signed and dated by the artist, lower right)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Joshua Dixon
Object history
The painting was no. 248 under the heading 'Billiard Room' on the manuscript list of the 'Pictures and Other Works of Art, Statues, Bronzes &c. at Winsdale House near Exeter the property of the late Joshua Dixon, Esq. Dated May 1886. The entry reads: 'no. 248 Dolmus. Female Head.'; bequeathed by Joshua Dixon, 1886.
Bibliographic references
  • Kauffmann, C.M., Catalogue of Foreign Paintings, II. 1800-1900, London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1973, p. 32, cat. no. 70.
  • Shaw Sparrow, W., 'The Dixon bequest at Bethnal Green' in Magazine of Art, XV, 1892, p. 163, repr.
Collection
Accession number
1082-1886

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Record createdFebruary 7, 2007
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