Gentle Critics (The Portfolio), 1872

Not on View

Medium

watercolor over traces of graphite with gum arabic and white gouache on wove paper

Dimensions

sheet: 50.8 × 36.83 cm (20 × 14 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

William B. O'Neal Fund

Accession Number

2020.123.1

Artists / Makers

Emily Farmer (artist) British, 1826 - 1905

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right in watercolor: Emily Farmer 1872

Provenance

Private collection, England; (sale, Tennant's, Leyburn, 21 March 2020, no. 89); (Karen Taylor, London); purchased 2020 by NGA.

Associated Names

Karen Taylor Fine Art

Exhibition History

2023: Drawing in Britain, 1700 - 1900: New Additions to the Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2023.

Institute of Painters in Water-colours' Winter Exhibition of Sketches and Studies, The Gallery, Pall Mall, London, December 1872, no. 50 (as "The Portfolio")