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Portrait study of Colonel Charles Ponsonby, M.P.
Portrait study of Colonel Charles Ponsonby, M.P.

Portrait study of Colonel Charles Ponsonby, M.P.

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Object Details

Title:
Portrait study of Colonel Charles Ponsonby, M.P.
Date:
Date unknown
Artist:
Medium:
Charcoal and white chalk on gray paper on cream paper
Dimensions
11 3/4 x 8 1/4 in.
Classification
Drawings-watercolors
Credit Line:
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 2015
Description

[lower left of drawing in graphite]: As said Bishop Latimer / to Bishop Rialy [?]: / "Brother Frank -- You are / today lighting a fire that / will never be put out--"; [bottom center of drawing in graphite]: Colonel Charles Ponsonby [?], M.P.

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