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Portrait of William Ligh Thursby & Portrait of the Reverend William Thursby

Edmund Havell II, 1868

British Museum, London

1) Oval portrait of William Ligh Thursby aged 3 years; 2) Circular portrait of the Reverend William Thursby of Ormerod House, Lancashire. The two drawings were presented through the Art Fund in memory of Miss Yvonne ffrench, a well known dealer in Old Master drawings, from a fund set up by her friends after her death in 1989.

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Title of artwork, date

Portrait of William Ligh Thursby & Portrait of the Reverend William Thursby, 1868

Date supported

1992

Medium and material

Chalk

Dimensions

1) 29.2 x 23.4 cm; 2) diameter 36.8 cm

Gifted by

Yvonne French

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