A Cleric Accompanying a Lady on Her Morning Walk

1778/80

Pierre Thomas Le Clerc

Associated Names
Pierre Thomas Le Clerc

Artist, French, born c. 1740

The image shows two people standing. The man on the left has his arm raised towards the woman on the right. He is dressed in 18th-century attire with a dog near his feet. The woman on the right holds a walking stick and adjusts her headwear. The background features sketches of buildings and rooftops.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    red chalk and graphite on beige laid paper, laid down

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gertrude Laughlin Chanler

  • Dimensions

    overall: 28.5 x 21.1 cm (11 1/4 x 8 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2000.9.16

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Hon. Irwin Boyle Laughlin, Washington D.C., 1922; his wife, Therese Iselin Laughlin, Washington, D.C., 1941; their daughter, Gertrude Laughlin Chanler, New York, 1958; gift to NGA, 2000.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1982

  • Eighteenth Century Drawings from the Collection of Mrs. Gertrude Laughlin Chanler, NGA, Washington, D.C., 1982, no. 14.

Wikidata ID

Q64619630

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