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Portrait of Mrs John Mackie

Drawing
1816 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Ingres (artist)
Place of origin
Rome (drawn)

Portrait in pencil of Mrs John Mackie, seated in an armchair, wearing a bonnet with a feather boa, with two buildings in the background. Signed and dated by the artist.


Object details

Category
Drawings
Object type
Drawing
TitlePortrait of Mrs John Mackie (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Pencil drawing on paper
Pencil
Paper
Drawing
Brief description
Portrait in pencil of Mrs John Mackie by Jean Auguste Dominque Ingres. French, 1816.
Physical description
Portrait in pencil of Mrs John Mackie, seated in an armchair, wearing a bonnet with a feather boa, with two buildings in the background. Signed and dated by the artist.
Dimensions
  • Image height: 210mm
  • Image width: 165mm
  • Sheet height: 277mm
  • Sheet width: 227mm
Height 17 cm x Width 16.5 cm. Dimensions taken from Lambert, Susan. Drawing: Technique & Purpose. London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 1981.
Styles
French School
Neo-Classicism
Marks and inscriptions
'Ingres à Rome 1816' (Signed and dated)
Gallery label
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres 1780-1867 Portrait of Mrs John Mackie Signed and dated 'Ingres à Rome 1816' The French painter Ingres lived in Rome from 1806 until 1820. When the fall of Napoleon put an end to his major commissions, he made a living from pencil portraits. Mrs Mackie was the wife of a Scottish doctor. The drawing shows the effects that can be obtained of pencils. Pencil on paper Given by Winifred M. Giles, in memory of her sister, Alice M. Giles, through the National Art Collections FUnd, 1946 Museum no. E.230-1946
Credit line
Gift of Miss W.M. Giles through The Art Fund
Subjects depicted
Portraits
Women
Bibliographic references
  • Lambert, Susan. Drawing: Technique & Purpose. London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 1981. p.52.
  • Gayford, Martin (Editor); Kemp, Martin (Editor); Munro, Jane (Editor) Fitzwilliam Museum(Host institution)Heong Gallery(Host institution)Teylers Museum(Host institution) Hockney's Eye: The Art and Technology of Depiction London: Paul Holberton Publishing Ltd., 2022
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.230-1946

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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