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Anne Annesley (née Courtenay, 1774–1835) was the eighth daughter of William 2nd Viscount Courtenay, and sister of William 3rd Viscount Courtenay, who commissioned numerous paintings of himself and his six sisters from Richard Cosway in oil and miniature. William’s expenditure for these works between 1790 and 1812 reached £1,370, a bill that wasn’t paid in full until 1820. Anne married George Annesley, later 2nd Earl of Mountnorris, in September 1790. Cosway, who frequently depicted female sitters in gauzy white gowns, lavished attention on Anne’s attire. Her pale yellow coat is lined with fur that is sensitively delineated with a combination of short brushstrokes distinct from those that form her dark, wavy hair. Fur-trimmed jackets like this one would probably have been worn indoors by women during the colder months.
England, 19th century
watercolor on ivory in a gold frame
Framed: 9 x 7.3 cm (3 9/16 x 2 7/8 in.); Unframed: 8.3 x 6.4 cm (3 1/4 x 2 1/2 in.)
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Another version of this portrait is nearly identical to the Cleveland miniature and was likely for another friend or member of Anne's family.
The Edward B. Greene Collection
Khnum holds a whip in his right hand. The inscription says that this votive figure was dedicated by King Psametik.
As in large scale Egyptian granite standing or striding figures, there is no space between the legs, and the arms are kept close to the body. The headdress has broken off.
Egyptian
6 3/4 in. (17.2 cm)
medium: black granite
culture: Egyptian
dynasty: 26th Dynasty
Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Albert Bierstadt
American, Solingen 1830–1902 New York
Cover: 4 3/4 x 7 1/2 x 7/16 in. (12.1 x 19.1 x 1.1 cm)
Sheets: 4 5/8 x 7 1/2 in. (11.7 x 19.1 cm)
medium: Drawings in graphite on off-white wove paper, bound in a leather cover
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY 1995.379.4 1995
Bequest of Marguerite H. Rohlfs, 1995