Woman of Scanno (second trial) (1927)

Robert Sargent Austin

engraving

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Classification:

Physical Object Description:

Half-length portrait of a woman, three-quarter to right, her hands clasped in her lap. 1927 Engraving. Lettered "P"(dedication to artist's wife) and signed with initials on plate. Signed, dated and annotated: "2nd trial" and "work on cheek to be put in"

Technique:

Engraving

Dimensions:

20.3 x 15.7 cm

Accession Number:

1927,0709.148

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1930

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Purchased by Campbell Dodgson (1867-1948) for the Contemporary Art Society, with the Prints and Drawings Fund, 1927; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1930

Relationship:

Campbell Dodgson Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Subject:

Portraits, Woman

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