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Collection of studies and sketches

Henry Woods, Fanny Woods, Frank Stone, Marcus Stone, c. 1860–1920

A collection of drawings by Henry Woods, his sister Fanny Woods who married Sir Luke Fildes and Frank Stone, the father of a neighbour of Fildes. Henry Woods is seen both as a graphic artist and as a recorder of picturesque life in Venice, where he settled in 1876. Stone is represented by studies for his sentimental Regency subjects and by numerous landscape sketches. The drawing illustrated is a full length portrait of woman wearing an elaborate dress by Henry Woods.

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Title of artwork, date

Collection of studies and sketches, c. 1860–1920

Date supported

2003

Medium and material

Chalk; graphite; crayon; watercolour; wood engraving; pen & ink; gouache; oil

Dimensions

Various

Gifted by

Pamela Myers

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