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Study Of A Fisherman

Charles Samuel Keene, 1823

This drawing is a three quarter length pencil study with a study of a Girl in mid-Victorian Dress on the verso. Part of a collection of 9 drawings, 3 etchings and an engraving from the collection of the late Mr J.G. Legge, presented to the Art Fund by his daughter, Miss C. M. Legge, for distribution to four galleries outside London. Mr J G Legge also presented a total of 21 works from his collection to 3 public collections through gifts or bequests.

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Title of artwork, date

Study Of A Fisherman, 1823

Date supported

1957

Medium and material

Pencil

Dimensions

13 x 7 cm

Gifted by

Cecilia Mireo Legge

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