Mary Dawson Turner

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Artist/Maker	Cotman, John Sell (artist) Turner, Dawson (collector)
Place of origin	Britain (made)

Graphite, coloured crayon and watercolour portrait depicting Mary Dawson Turner (1774-1850).

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Categories	Drawings Portraits Hair and Hairstyles Fashion Womenswear
Object type	Portrait drawing
Titles	Mary Dawson Turner (generic title) A Collection of Original Portraits, 1819 (series title)
Materials and techniques	Graphite, coloured crayon and watercolour portrait Pencil Crayon Watercolour Watercolour Drawing
Brief description	John Sell Cotman. Mary Dawson Turner, second daughter of William Palgrave of Coltishall and wife of Dawson Turner, F.R.S. Great Britain, 1818.
Physical description	Graphite, coloured crayon and watercolour portrait depicting Mary Dawson Turner (1774-1850).
Dimensions	Height: 8.75in Width: 7.25in Volume height: 14.75in Width: 11.75in Dimensions taken from departmental notes
Object history	This was No. 37 of a 'Collection of Original Portraits, 1819', formed by Dawson Turner.
Subjects depicted	Portraits Profiles
Bibliographic references	Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1927, London: Board of Education, 1928. Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1927, London: Board of Education, 1928.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.1129-1927

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O760108/mary-dawson-turner-portrait-drawing-cotman-john-sell/

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