Sir George Scharf
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Sir George Scharf
by Sir George Scharf
Pencil on wove paper, 1872
10 7/8 in. x 11 1/4 in. (277 mm x 286 mm) overall
NPG 4053(6)
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Inscr., signed and dated in pencil lower right: ‘GS. 1st October 1872.’;
and annotated within image: ‘green’ (table), ‘red’ (notebook), ‘grey’ (cuff).
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NPG 4053(6) is a study for the left hand in one of the self-portraits Scharf worked on in September and October 1872; see NPG 3865.
The drawing is part of the collection NPG 4053(1–19), ‘Drawings by Sir George Scharf, circa 1867–87’. See NPG 4053(1) for acquisition details.
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