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Portrait of Mr and Mrs Woodhead and Mr Henry Comber in Rome

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1816

Drawing of three people posing for a portrait

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Portrait of Mr and Mrs Woodhead and Mr Henry Comber in Rome, 1816, Fitzwilliam Museum, Art Funded 1947

Portrait group of Mr and Mrs Joseph Woodhead with the Reverend Henry Comber, brother of the latter, as a youth, during their visit to Rome.

Mrs Harriet Woodhead is shown seated with her right arm intertwined with her husband's who leans towards her in a pose of romantic affection. The Reverend is posed as a dandy. The drawing is among the most ambitious by Ingres portraying English sitters. The sitters were relations of the vendors.

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Title of artwork, date

Portrait of Mr and Mrs Woodhead and Mr Henry Comber in Rome, 1816

Date supported

1947

Medium and material

Pencil on paper

Dimensions

30.4 x 22.4 cm

Grant

1,200

Total cost

1,200

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