Charles-Alexis Brûlart, comte de Genlis c.1765
Watercolour with pencil and black and red chalk | 35.7 x 23.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 913119
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A portrait drawing of Charles Alexis Brûlart, comte de Genlis (1737-1793), seated to right with his legs crossed and holding a sheet of paper in his hands. He is in a garden, with a domestic building behind him. The drawing is in a green, black and gold mount.
Inscribed on verso in ink in an early hand: 'Le Cte de genlis marie de la dame [illeg.] a laquelle S.A.S. Monsr Le duc de chartres vient de confier l'education de ses enfants' and 'no. 324' (the last digit corrected to a 9)Provenance
Purchased by George IV from Colnaghi & Co. on 20th September 1828 for £1 11s 6d (Royal Archives GEO/MAIN/28376)
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Medium and techniques
Watercolour with pencil and black and red chalk
Measurements
35.7 x 23.2 cm (sheet of paper)
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Other number(s)
RL 13119
