Study of a Woman Facing Left, possibly Ann Ford (Later Mrs. Philip Thicknesse)
Thomas Gainsborough
(British, 1727–1788)
Dateca. 1760
MediumBlack chalk (with evidence in places of chalk dipped in oil) and pencil on buff laid paper
Dimensions15 5/8 x 10 3/8 in. (39.7 x 26.4 cm)
Credit LineHenry Clay Frick Bequest
Accession number1913.3.06
Collection HistoryWilliam Benoni White.Probably his sale, Christie’s, London, May 24, 1879, Lot 200 or part of Lot 201, both bought by Thibaudeau.John Postle Heseltine, London (Lugt 1507), until at least 1902. Colnaghi (?).Knoedler.Frick, 1913.
Source: The Frick Collection: Drawings, Prints & Later Acquisitions. Volume IX. New York: The Frick Collection, 2003.
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Thomas Gainsborough
ca. 1760
Style of Jean-Honoré Fragonard
18th century