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George Romney, An Elegant Lady in Classical Dress [recto], 1780s, pen and brown ink on laid paper, Gift of William B. O'Neal, 1995.52.150.a

An Elegant Lady in Classical Dress [recto]

George Romney · 1780s · pen and brown ink on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1995.52.150.a

Alexander Cozens, An Extensive River Landscape, c. 1759, pen and black ink with gray and black wash, varnished, Gift of Donald Stone, 2022.40.1

An Extensive River Landscape

Alexander Cozens · c. 1759 · pen and black ink with gray and black wash, varnished ·  Accession ID  2022.40.1

One woman sits and bends forward, bracing her elbows on her wide-spread knees as a second woman combs her long hair in this vertical black chalk drawing on pale blue paper. Both have straight, strong noses, wide-set eyes, full, rounded lips, and pointed chins in thin faces. The seated woman’s knees are turned to our left, but she turns her head to look over our left shoulder with her lips parted. Her right arm extends almost straight so her hand lies limp beyond her right knee, and she holds an oval hand mirror tucked against her voluminous skirts in her other hand. The bodice and sleeves of her dress have been taken off, and they hang loosely around her waist. Her chemise has short, loose sleeves, and one bare foot peeks out from under her long skirt. A low table next to her shins, to our left, holds toiletries and bottles, and a bed set up on a platform separates her from the back wall of the room. She sits on the edge of the bed near the footboard. The second woman stands on the floor behind the bed and platform, reaching over the footboard to hold up the first woman’s hair with both hands. The second woman’s dress has long, puffy sleeves and a low, square-cut neckline. Her hair is pulled back under a twisted head band. She leans to one side, coming toward us, to look down at the seated woman from over one shoulder. A tree branch whips around the edge of a swirling curtain in the background to the left. To the right are a round shield and short sword, a lit candle in a tall candlestick, and a crucifix. An in scription in chalk in the top left corner of the drawing reads, “Desdemona’s Death-Song.” Along the bottom edge, more writing reads, “46 6/8 x 29 6/8 hanging sleeve more to side clear of dress.”
Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Desdemona's Death-Song, 1878/1880, black chalk over traces of red chalk on two joined sheets of blue-green paper, New Century Fund and Paul Mellon Fund, 2005.76.1

Desdemona's Death-Song

Dante Gabriel Rossetti · 1878/1880 · black chalk over traces of red chalk on two joined sheets of blue-green paper ·  Accession ID  2005.76.1

Thomas Girtin, Village along a River Estuary in Devon, 1797/1798, watercolor over graphite on oatmeal paper, Gift of The Circle of the National Gallery of Art, 1987.27.1

Village along a River Estuary in Devon

Thomas Girtin · 1797/1798 · watercolor over graphite on oatmeal paper ·  Accession ID  1987.27.1

John Everett Millais, Study of a Pottery Jug [recto], c. 1842, watercolor over graphite on wove paper, Gift of William B. O'Neal, 1995.52.120.a

Study of a Pottery Jug [recto]

John Everett Millais · c. 1842 · watercolor over graphite on wove paper ·  Accession ID  1995.52.120.a

Hercules Brabazon Brabazon, Temple of Vesta at Tivoli, watercolor heightened with white gouache over graphite on brown wove paper, Joseph F. McCrindle Collection, 2009.70.51

Temple of Vesta at Tivoli

Hercules Brabazon Brabazon · · watercolor heightened with white gouache over graphite on brown wove paper ·  Accession ID  2009.70.51

Thomas Rowlandson, Nancy Cock - Clear Starcher, c. 1815, pen and gray ink with watercolor over graphite on wove paper, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1988.66.1

Nancy Cock - Clear Starcher

Thomas Rowlandson · c. 1815 · pen and gray ink with watercolor over graphite on wove paper ·  Accession ID  1988.66.1

John Robert Cozens, Monte Circeo at Sunset, 1780s, watercolor on paper; laid down on original presentation mount, Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund, 1988.23.2

Monte Circeo at Sunset

John Robert Cozens · 1780s · watercolor on paper; laid down on original presentation mount ·  Accession ID  1988.23.2

John Hamilton Mortimer, Three Oriental Heads, 1770/1775, pen and black ink on laid paper; laid down, Gift of The Leger Galleries Ltd., 1992.29.1

Three Oriental Heads

John Hamilton Mortimer · 1770/1775 · pen and black ink on laid paper; laid down ·  Accession ID  1992.29.1

George Chinnery, A Village Scene in India [verso], 1814/1824, pen and black ink over graphite on wove paper, Gift of William B. O'Neal, 1995.52.20.b

A Village Scene in India [verso]

George Chinnery · 1814/1824 · pen and black ink over graphite on wove paper ·  Accession ID  1995.52.20.b