Portrait of a Lady

1929

Robert Austin

Associated Names
Robert Austin

Artist, British, 1895 - 1973

Twenty-One Gallery

Publisher

The image shows a person seated with their upper body visible, facing slightly to the right. They are wearing a robe with voluminous sleeves and a necklace with oval-shaped pendants. The person has short, neatly combed hair with a distinct ring on their left ring finger. The background is plain with subtle border or frame lines.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift from Clare Calder and her sister Rachel Austin

  • Dimensions

    plate: 19.8 × 16.4 cm (7 13/16 × 6 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 30.5 × 26.3 cm (12 × 10 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.5.4

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Fine Art Society 2001, no. 87, vii/x

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Rachel Austin and Clare Calder (the artist's daughters); acquired 2012 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1930

  • Dodgson, Campbell. A Catalogue of Etchings and Engravings by Robert Austin, R.E., 1913-1929. London: Twenty-One Gallery, 1930, no. 87, vii/x.

2001

  • Drawings and Prints by Robert Sargent Austin, with a Complete Catalog of His Prints. London: Fine Art Society, 2001, no. 87.

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: RSA; lower left in graphite: 7 state / 1 proof 16 Nov. 1929 ; Taken after the last one / C. D.

Wikidata ID

Q76560452

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