DrawingsBritish19th century

Portrait of Elizabeth Varley, The Artist’s Wife

19th century

Artists

Cornelius VarleyArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite on off-white wove paper

Culture

British

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

39.6 × 27.4 cm (15 9/16 × 10 13/16 in.)

Provenance

[Spink & Sons, Ltd., London], sold; to Mrs. A. Cockshut, May 9, 1980; sold through [Karen Taylor Fine Art, London], sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2023

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