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- Artist
- Marie Spartali Stillman
(English, 1844 - 1927) - Title
- La Pensierosa
- Date
- 1879
- Medium
- Graphite and watercolor heightened with gum arabic
- Dimensions
- 21 1/4 x 17 1/2 in. Overall
- Credit
- Edward Blake Blair, Walter J. and Cecille Hunt, and Cyril W. Nave Endowment Funds, and Elvehjem Museum of Art Membership, and Frederick Leach Estate Fund purchase
- Accession No.
- 1993.40
- Classification
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Geography
- England
Related
1879, created by Marie Spartali Stillman (London, England); by descent of artist to Chauncey Stillman (New York, NY). 1993, Christopher Wood Gallery (London, England) sells to Elvehjem Art Center [now called the Chazen Museum of Art] (Madison, WI)
- Antique Collectors' Club. "A Pre-Raphaelite Marriage: The Lives and Works of Marie Spartali Stillman and William James Stillman." Woodbridge, UK: Antique Collectors' Club, 2006. p. 105, no. 36
- Denney, Colleen. "At the Temple of Art: The Grosvenor Gallery, 1877-1890." London: Associated University Presses, 1998. p. 103
- Casteras, Susan and Colleen Denney. "The Grosvenor Gallery: A Palace of Art in Victorian England." New Haven: Yale University Press, 1996. p. 197
- Casteras, Susan P. "Victorian Vignettes: Daniel Maclise's 'Scottish Lovers' and Marie Spartali Stillman's 'La Pensierosa'." Bulletin/Biennial Report 1995-1997. Elvehjem Museum of Art (1997): 20-40. pp. 29-40
- Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Bulletin/Biennial Report 1995-1997." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1998. p. 35
- Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Bulletin/Annual Report 1993-1995." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1995. p. 102
- Chazen Museum of Art."The Golden Age of British Watercolors 1790-1910." Madison: Chazen Museum of Art, 2012. inside cover, no. 1
- Shepherd Gallery. "People and Places: An exhibition of English Watercolours from the 18th and 19th Centuries presented by Christopher Wood." London, England: The Ranelagh Press, 1992. cover illus.; n.p., no. 95
- Golden Age of British Watercolors 1790-1910, The: Chazen Museum of Art, 9/22/2012–12/2/2012
- Drawing with a Brush: British Watercolors: Chazen Museum of Art, 11/10/2007–1/6/2008
- Palace of Art in Victorian England, A: The Grosvenor Gallery: Yale Center for British Art, 3/1/1996–11/3/1996
- Title unknown [Marie Spartali Stillman], 1879: Grosvenor Gallery, London
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