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A Couple Seated on a Sofa
(18th and 19th Centuries )
Partridge, an English-born artist, painted portrait miniatures in Halifax, Nova Scotia, from 1817 to 1822. He may also have been active in Providence, Rhode Island.
This drawing, showing a fashionably dressed couple seated in a parlor, is dated August, 1817.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
Exhibitions
| 1994-1995 | Private Lives: Nineteenth Century American Genre Drawings. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Geographies
Canada, Halifax (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 8 5/8 x W: 7 1/8 in. (21.9 x 18.1 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
37.1540