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Source Description
Closely associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, Frederick Sandys was a friend of Dante Gabriel Rossetti and played an active role in the bohemian artistic, literary, and theatrical circles of the day in London. This is a portrait of Mary Emma Jones, the artist’s favorite model, mistress, and mother of his nine children. An extraordinarily skilled draftsman, here he worked in tone rather than line, delicately drawing in chalk on a rough textured sheet and leaving the low points of the paper untouched to produce a stippled, hazy effect.
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Document identity
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160105
label
The Coral Necklace
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drawing
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Source metadata
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160105
contentType
drawing
title
The Coral Necklace
description
Closely associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, Frederick Sandys was a friend of Dante Gabriel Rossetti and played an active role in the bohemian artistic, literary, and theatrical circles of the day in London. This is a portrait of Mary Emma Jones, the artist’s favorite model, mistress, and mother of his nine children. An extraordinarily skilled draftsman, here he worked in tone rather than line, delicately drawing in chalk on a rough textured sheet and leaving the low points of the paper untouched to produce a stippled, hazy effect.
date
1871
citation
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79980783
creators
2780
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Drawing
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1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Sheet: 55.9 x 39.2 cm (22 x 15 7/16 in.); Secondary Support: 57.1 x 40 cm (22 1/2 x 15 3/4 in.)
cul
England, 19th century
accession
1997.7
Source extras
tec
black, brown, and red chalk
tombstone
The Coral Necklace, 1871. Frederick Sandys (British, 1829–1904). Black, brown, and red chalk; sheet: 55.9 x 39.2 cm (22 x 15 7/16 in.); secondary support: 57.1 x 40 cm (22 1/2 x 15 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 1997.7
supportMaterials
description
Whatman thick, rough-textured cream wove paper, laid down on beige wove paper
watermarks
[WHATM?]AN 1869 (partial)
collection
DR - British
inscriptions
inscription
signed, upper right, in black chalk: F Sandys 1871
didYouKnow
Frederick Sandys and his mistress, Mary Emma Jones, the sitter for this portrait, adopted the names "Mr. and Mrs. Neville" to mask the unconventional nature of their relationship.
citations
citation
O'Looney, Betty. <em>Frederick Sandys, 1829-1904</em>. Exh. Cat. Brighton: Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, 1974.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 36, no. 146; Reproduced: pl. 106
citation
Ganz, Kate. <em>Heads and Portraits: Drawings from Piero di Cosimo to Jasper Johns</em>. Exh. Cat. New York: Jason McCoy Inc., 1993.
page_number
Mentioned: no. 21
citation
Wildman, Stephen. <em>Visions of Love and Life: Pre-Raphaelite Art from the Birmingham Collection, England</em>. Exh. Cat. Seattle: Seattle Art Museum, 1995.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 284, under no. 98
citation
Cleveland Museum of Art, “Major Neoclassical Marble, Rare Korean Sculpture, Other Recent CMA Acquisitions Now on View,” April 16, 1997, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
citation
"Principales acquisitions des musées en 1997." <em>Gazette des beaux-arts</em> 131 (March 1998).
page_number
Mentioned: p. 61, no. 243
citation
DeGrazia, Diane, and Carter E. Foster. <em>Master Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Exh. Cat. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2000.
page_number
Mentioned: pp. 194-5, 295, no. 80; Reproduced: p. 195
citation
Elzea, Betty. <em>Frederick Sandys 1829-1904: A Catalogue Raisonné</em>. Woodbridge, UK: Antique Collectors' Club, 2001.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 241, no. 3.21; Reproduced: p. 242
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. 118-21, 148, no. 40; Reproduced: pp. 119, 121 (detail)
catalogueRaisonne
Elzea 3.21
creditline
Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
updatedAt
2026-05-29 08:18:36.603000
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160105
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Drawings
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DR - British
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black, brown, and red chalk
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male
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