Gentle Critics (The Portfolio)
1872
Artist, British, 1826 - 1905

Artwork overview
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Medium
watercolor over traces of graphite with gum arabic and white gouache on wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 50.8 × 36.83 cm (20 × 14 1/2 in.)
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Accession
2020.123.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Private collection, England; (sale, Tennant's, Leyburn, 21 March 2020, no. 89); (Karen Taylor, London); purchased 2020 by NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
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Institute of Painters in Water-colours' Winter Exhibition of Sketches and Studies, The Gallery, Pall Mall, London, December 1872, no. 50 (as "The Portfolio")
2023
Drawing in Britain, 1700 - 1900: New Additions to the Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2023.
Inscriptions
lower right in watercolor: Emily Farmer 1872