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David Wilkie, R.A. (Fife 1785-1841 Malta)
Study for 'The Bride at her Toilet on the Day of her Wedding'

pen, brown ink and brown wash on paper
312 x 258 in. (8.9 x 6.7 cm.)

Provenance
with Gerald M. Norman Gallery, London, March 1976, where purchased for the present collection.
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Dr Lindsay Errington has identified this as a study for The Bride’s Toilet, dated 1838 (National Gallery of Scotland). The pen and ink study shows a bride with two attendants, adjusting her bridal gown and veil. Other sketches of the subject are in the Metropolitan Museum, New York.

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