William Warman, Young Lady in an Oversized Bonnet – c.1831 graphite drawing
William Warman, Young Lady in an Oversized Bonnet – c.1831 graphite drawing
William Warman, Young Lady in an Oversized Bonnet – c.1831 graphite drawing

William Warman Young Lady in an Oversized Bonnet

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An original c.1831 graphite drawing, William Warman, Young Lady in an Oversized Bonnet.

An exquisitely precise miniature portrait in graphite. With touches of ink to the face.

Little is documented about William Warman (1806–1875) but he was certainly a professional portraitist working in the early and mid-19th century. There is a watercolour portrait by him of Queen Victoria in the National Portrait Gallery in London (NPG 1891a), which is a reduced copy after Thomas Sully. A lithograph print by Warman in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (WAHP9819.2) suggests that his portraits were reproduced as book illustrations.

Warman's skill is impressive and the facial detail to his portraits is executed with the delicate handling of a miniaturist.

On thin card.

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This work derives from a charming collection of Georgian friendship pictures that were collected by a Sarah Wood around 1831. Sarah seems to have been connected with East London. Contributors to the collection include many female members of the Irving family, of Basing Lane, Little Tower Hill; Thomas Timpson, minister of Union Chapel in Lewisham; and Benjamin Guy Babington (1794–1866), physician and epidemiologist at Guy's Hospital.

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Dimensions: Height: 11.7cm (4.61") Width: 10.4cm (4.09")

Presented: Unframed.

Medium: Graphite

Age: Early 19th-century

Signed: Signed lower centre.

Inscribed: No.

Dated: --

Condition: In good condition for its age. The picture may have minor imperfections such as slight marks, toning, foxing, creasing or pinholes, commensurate with age. Please see photos for detail.

Stock number: KA-777