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Portrait study of Lord William Gascoyne-Cecil, Bishop of Exeter
Portrait study of Lord William Gascoyne-Cecil, Bishop of Exeter

Portrait study of Lord William Gascoyne-Cecil, Bishop of Exeter

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Object Details

Title:
Portrait study of Lord William Gascoyne-Cecil, Bishop of Exeter
Date:
Date unknown
Artist:
Medium:
Graphite on paper with framing lines in graphite
Dimensions
22 x 15 1/4 in.
Classification
Drawings-watercolors
Credit Line:
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 2015
Description

[top, within framing lines in graphite]: And who is my neighbor?; [lower right in red ink]: stamped signature; [bottom left, below framing line in graphite]: Lord William Gascoyne Cecil, Bishop of Exeter; [bottom right, below framing line in graphite]: Bishop of ExeterBorn in 1836, as second son of Prime Minister Lord of Salisbury, Lord William Gascoyne-Cecil was made Bishop of Exeter in 1916.

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