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Drawing

31 October 1813 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Full-length portrait of Madame Mouron de Réty, facing three-quarters left, seated by a fireside, with a sheet of paper in her right hand.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Pencil
Brief description
Full-length portrait of Madame Mouron de Réty (née Egerton), wife of Édouard Mouron de Réty. Pencil drawing by Louis Lafitte, 1813.
Physical description
Full-length portrait of Madame Mouron de Réty, facing three-quarters left, seated by a fireside, with a sheet of paper in her right hand.
Dimensions
  • Height: 29.5cm
  • Width: 19.4cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1963. London: HMSO, 1964.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Lafitte' (Signed)
  • 'Egerton' (Inscribed by the artist on a book on the table)
  • '31 October 1813' (Dated on the sheet of paper)
Object history
This portrait and the companion piece, E.886-1963, were bequeathed by the last surviving member of the family of Mouron de Réty to the donor’s grandmother
Subjects depicted
Associated object
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1963 . London: HMSO, 1964.
Collection
Accession number
E.887-1963

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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