id:			144656
accession number:	1969.28.a
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1969.28.a
updated:		2025-03-07 12:09:34.122000

Woman Standing among the Friars (recto), c. 1770–75. John Brown (British, 1752–1787). Graphite and gray and black wash with point of brush; image: 25.8 x 36.9 cm (10 3/16 x 14 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1969.28.a

title:				Woman Standing among the Friars (recto)
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creation date:			c. 1770–75
creation date earliest:		1765
creation date latest:		1780
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creditline:			Dudley P. Allen Fund
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culture:	England, 18th century
technique:	graphite and gray and black wash with point of brush
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - British
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* John Brown (British, 1752–1787)  - artist

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measurements: Image: 25.8 x 36.9 cm (10 3/16 x 14 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Poetical Circle: Fuseli and the British
	opening date:   1979-04-24T05:00:00
	<i>The Poetical Circle: Fuseli and the British</i>. National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia (April 24-May 27, 1979); Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Austria (June 5-July 29, 1979); Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia (organizer) (September 1-27, 1979); Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand, Auckland, New Zealand (October 24-November 25, 1979).

	title:		Art in Rome in the Eighteenth Century
	opening date:   2000-02-27T00:00:00
	<i>Art in Rome in the Eighteenth Century</i>. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA (organizer) (February 27-May 21, 2000); Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX (June 17-September 17, 2000).

	title:		British Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art 
	opening date:   2013-02-10T00:00:00
	<i>British Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art </i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 10-May 26, 2013).

	title:		Imagination in the Age of Reason
	opening date:   2024-09-28T04:00:00
	<i>Imagination in the Age of Reason</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 28, 2024-March 2, 2025).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	John Brown (1752-1787)
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	William Young Ottley, London, England
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	Sir Thomas Lawrence, London, England
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	(Christie's), purchased by Russell
	date: June 17, 1830
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	Russell
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	Private Collection, Paris, France
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	(E.V. Thaw and Co., New York, NY), sold to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: ?-1969
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: January 22, 1969-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Lemonedes, Heather. <em>British Drawings: The Cleveland Museum of Art. </em>[Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2013.
	page number: 	Cat 4, pg 28-29
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	Bowron, Edgar Peters, and Joseph J. Rishel. <em>Art in Rome in the Eighteenth Century</em>. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, in association with Merrell, 2000.
	page number: 	exh. cat. no. 323, p. 480
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 194
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n214

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