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Female Nude, Seated, Three Quarter View from Front
William Mulready1859
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
For William Mulready, drawing was a lifelong preoccupation. This sheet was drawn from a model in the Royal Academy’s life school when the artist was 73. He was one of the academy’s most devoted teachers, positioning the model for his students and then drawing alongside them. Closely observed and meticulously crafted, the work attests to Mulready’s consummate skill as a draftsman.
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- Title: Female Nude, Seated, Three Quarter View from Front
- Creator: William Mulready (British, 1786-1863)
- Date Created: 1859
- Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 49.2 x 34.1 cm (19 3/8 x 13 7/16 in.)
- Provenance: (Christopher Wood, London), (Shepherd Gallery, New York, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH), Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Drawing
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1978.53
- Medium: black and red crayon
- Inscriptions: inscribed, in red chalk (rubbed), at lower right: RA [?/?] 1859 / WM
- Fun Fact: In 1863, William Mulready testified before the Royal Commission Enquiry into the Royal Academy in support of the life class as central to academic education.
- Department: Drawings
- Culture: England, 19th century
- Credit Line: L. E. Holden Fund
- Collection: DR - British
- Accession Number: 1978.53
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