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Drawing

1843 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Silhouette portrait of a young man, full-length, right profile, holding his hat in his right hand. Signed and dated 'Frith 1843', inscribed below in pencil, partly obliterated 'Your ob...t J G...C...' and inscribed on the back in another hand 'Your Obedient J Graham Cowan'.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Cut-paper, watercolour and gold
Brief description
Drawing by Frederick Frith
Physical description
Silhouette portrait of a young man, full-length, right profile, holding his hat in his right hand. Signed and dated 'Frith 1843', inscribed below in pencil, partly obliterated 'Your ob...t J G...C...' and inscribed on the back in another hand 'Your Obedient J Graham Cowan'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 22.23cm
  • Width: 16.83cm
Taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1954 London: HMSO 1963
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Frith 1843' (Signed and dated)
  • 'Your ob...t J G...C...' (Inscribed below in pencil, partly obliterated)
  • 'Your Obedient J Graham Cowan' (Inscribed on the back in another hand)
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1954 London: HMSO, 1963
Collection
Accession number
E.907-1954

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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