id:			145168
accession number:	1970.338
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1970.338
updated:		2024-05-17 11:33:30.669000

Mater Dolorosa (Mourning Mother), 1776. George Romney (British, 1734–1802). Brown ink, pen and wash, with graphite underdrawing; sheet: 50.1 x 29.3 cm (19 3/4 x 11 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 1970.338

title:				Mater Dolorosa (Mourning Mother)
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creation date:			1776
creation date earliest:		1776
creation date latest:		1776
current location:		
creditline:			Dudley P. Allen Fund
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culture:	England, 18th century
technique:	brown ink, pen and wash, with graphite underdrawing
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - British
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* George Romney (British, 1734–1802)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 50.1 x 29.3 cm (19 3/4 x 11 9/16 in.)
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	description:	moderately textured, thick beige laid paper
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	inscribed, in brown ink, at upper center: No. 118; stamped, on verso, stamp of Alfred A. de Pass [L. 108a]
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1970
	opening date:   1971-02-10T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1970</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 10-March 7, 1971).

	title:		Brush Drawings
	opening date:   1981-03-03T05:00:00
	<i>Brush Drawings</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 3-May 10, 1981).

	title:		The Birth and Flowering of British Romantic Art
	opening date:   1990-05-01T04:00:00
	<i>The Birth and Flowering of British Romantic Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 1-July 22, 1990).

	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).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Alfred A. de Pass [1861-1953, L. 108a], London
	date: ?-?
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			* <div><!--block-->His mark at lower right, in black ink.</div>
			
			
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	(Paul Drey Gallery, New York, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH)
	date: ?-1970
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	Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1970-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	"Recent Accessions of American and Canadian Museums, October-December 1970." <em>Art Quarterly</em> 34, no. 2 (Summer 1971).
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 253
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	Dixon, Yvonne Romney. <em>"Designs from Fancy": George Romney's Shakespearean Drawings</em>. Washington, DC: Folger Shakespeare Library, 1998.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 219
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	Lemonedes, Heather. <em>British Drawings: The Cleveland Museum of Art. </em>Exh. Cat. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2013.
	page number: 	Mentioned: pp. 34-35, 148, no. 7; Reproduced: p. 35
	url:		

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