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For William Mulready, drawing was a lifelong preoccupation. This sheet was drawn from a model in the Royal Academy’s life school when the artist was 73. He was one of the academy’s most devoted teachers, positioning the model for his students and then drawing alongside them. Closely observed and meticulously crafted, the work attests to Mulready’s consummate skill as a draftsman.
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Document identity
localId
149398
label
Female Nude, Seated, Three Quarter View from Front
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
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1
Source metadata
id
149398
contentType
drawing
title
Female Nude, Seated, Three Quarter View from Front
description
For William Mulready, drawing was a lifelong preoccupation. This sheet was drawn from a model in the Royal Academy’s life school when the artist was 73. He was one of the academy’s most devoted teachers, positioning the model for his students and then drawing alongside them. Closely observed and meticulously crafted, the work attests to Mulready’s consummate skill as a draftsman.
date
1859
citation
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79930593
creators
1268
genreSpecific
Drawing
imageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Sheet: 49.2 x 34.1 cm (19 3/8 x 13 7/16 in.)
cul
England, 19th century
accession
1978.53
Source extras
tec
black and red crayon
tombstone
Female Nude, Seated, Three Quarter View from Front, 1859. William Mulready (British, 1786–1863). Black and red crayon; sheet: 49.2 x 34.1 cm (19 3/8 x 13 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, L. E. Holden Fund, 1978.53
collection
DR - British
inscriptions
inscription
inscribed, in red chalk (rubbed), at lower right: RA [?/?] 1859 / WM
didYouKnow
In 1863, William Mulready testified before the Royal Commission Enquiry into the Royal Academy in support of the life class as central to academic education.
citations
citation
Lee, Sherman E. "The Year in Review for 1978." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 66, no. 1 (1979): 3-47.
page_number
Mentioned and reproduced: p. 22, no. 96
url
www.jstor.org/stable/25159613
citation
Lemonedes, Heather. <em>British Drawings: The Cleveland Museum of Art. </em>Exh. Cat. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2013.
page_number
Mentioned: pp. 108-11, 147, no. 36a; Reproduced: p. 109
creditline
L. E. Holden Fund
updatedAt
2026-05-29 07:41:30.512000
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149398
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Drawings
coll
DR - British
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black and red crayon
creatorTags
male
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1
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0
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photo
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