[Woman on her knees, from a mural monument in Chippenham Chapel] [art original].

Description

Title: [Woman on her knees, from a mural monument in Chippenham Chapel] [art original].
Published / Created: [ca. 1750?]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Full-length depiction of a woman facing right, kneeling on a cushion with hands pressed together in prayer, a book open on a stand in front of her
Description: Title devised by curator.
Unsigned; artist unidentified.
Date of production based on publication date of the volume in which the drawing is found.
With note in pencil below image: North isle of Chipenham Chapel, painted [?], no inscript[ion?].
Tipped in at page 190 in an extra-illustrated copy of Francis Blomefield's Collectanea Cantabrigiensia, or collections relating to Cambridge, university, town, and county ...
Temporary local subject terms: Women in literature and art.
Provenance: Formerly owned by the Duke of Newcastle, with an autograph presentation inscription to him from the author on flyleaf of volume. Later possible owners include Robert Sinker and William Bouverie Trevelyan, whose names are inscribed. Sold Sotheby's, 22 February 1937, lot 91 to Dobell; Dobell to W.S. Lewis, March 1937.
Extent: 1 drawing : sheet 18.5 x 11.6 cm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: 642 750 B62
Collection Title: Page 190. Collectanea Cantabrigiensia, or collections relating to Cambridge, university, town, and county ...
Collection / Other Creator: Blomefield, Francis, 1705-1752.
Collection Date: Norwich, Printed for the author, 1750.

Genre: Sketches
Graphite drawings
Pencil works
Material: graphite pencil ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Monuments & memorials
Women
Prayer
Subjects: Monuments & memorials
Women
Prayer
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768 > Ownership

Access: Public
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Citation: Woman on her Knees, from a Mural Monument in Chippenham Chapel. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.