id:			149398
accession number:	1978.53
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1978.53
updated:		2023-03-11 20:51:10.198000

Female Nude, Seated, Three Quarter View from Front, 1859. William Mulready (British, 1786–1863). Black and red crayon; sheet: 49.2 x 34.1 cm (19 3/8 x 13 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, L. E. Holden Fund 1978.53

title:				Female Nude, Seated, Three Quarter View from Front
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series:				
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creation date:			1859
creation date earliest:		1859
creation date latest:		1859
current location:		
creditline:			L. E. Holden Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	England, 19th century
technique:	black and red crayon
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - British
type:		Drawing
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catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

* William Mulready (British, 1786–1863)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 49.2 x 34.1 cm (19 3/8 x 13 7/16 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	inscribed, in red chalk (rubbed), at lower right: RA [?/?] 1859 / WM
	translation:	
	remark:		

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1978
	opening date:   1979-02-13T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1978</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 13-March 18, 1979).

	title:		Drawn to the Body: The Human Figure and the Graphic Arts, 1500-1900
	opening date:   1999-03-14T00:00:00
	<i>Drawn to the Body: The Human Figure and the Graphic Arts, 1500-1900</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 14-May 23, 1999).

	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 (organizer) (February 10-May 26, 2013).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Christopher Wood, London)
	date: ?-?
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	(Shepherd Gallery, New York, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH)
	date: ?-1978
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	Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1978-
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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.

digital description:
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.

wall description:
For Mulready, drawing was a lifelong preoccupation. These two sheets were drawn from models 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, both drawings attest to Mulready’s consummate skill as a draftsman. The sensuality of the female nude and the weather-beaten face of the male model are as arresting today as they were in Victorian London.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Lee, Sherman E. "The Year in Review for 1978." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 66, no. 1 (1979): 3-47.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 22, no. 96
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/25159613

	Lemonedes, Heather. <em>British Drawings: The Cleveland Museum of Art. </em>Exh. Cat. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2013.
	page number: 	Mentioned: pp. 108-11, 147, no. 36a; Reproduced: p. 109
	url:		

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IMAGES

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print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1978.53/1978.53_print.jpg
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