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Chalk Drawing - Study of two Venetian Senators

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Basic Information

Accession Number:1918P1
Collection:Fine Art Prints and Drawings
Date:1873c - 1873

Maker Information

Artist:Henry Wallis - View biography for Henry Wallis

Notes

These two figures are similar to the two main figures in Wallis's Royal Academy exhibit of 1873, 'A Despatch from Trebizond', illustrating a scene from Shakespeare's 'Merchant of Venice' with two men seated on a marble bench in the Piazzetta near St Mark's. The painting was subsequently engraved. .

Presented by Harold Wallis, 1918.

Further Information

Production Period:19th century
Medium:Black and white chalk on grey paper.
Material(s):Paper

Dimensions

Height:471 mm
Width:605 mm