Study of a Woman Facing Right, Possibly Ann Ford (Later Mrs. Philip Thicknesse)
Thomas Gainsborough
(British, 1727–1788)
Dateca. 1760
MediumBlack chalk (with evidence of chalk dipped in oil) and pencil on buff laid paper
Dimensions14 1/8 x 10 3/8 in. (35.9 x 26.4 cm)
Credit LineHenry Clay Frick Bequest
Accession number1913.3.07
Collection HistoryThe artist’s widow, Margaret Gainsborough (d. 1798). Her daughter, Margaret Gainsborough (d. 1820). By descent to either Henry Briggs or, through Sophia Lane, to Richard Lane, Gainsborough’s great-nephew. Probably Lane sale, Christie’s, London, February 25, 1831, part of Lot 96 or Lot 98. John Postle Heseltine. 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
