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December 1847. 239 On 28 January 1848 her husband posed for the head of Chaucer and
240
on 29 January Brown 'made a drawing of her hand & her child.'
Cat. no. 169 Wycliffe reading his Translation
of the Bible: Unfinished Study for Head of
Constance, 1847-48
Pencil; 105 x 117 mm
Lit.: Whitley, p. 39; Ford Madox Brown: The Unofficial Pre-Raphaelite, p. 70
Presented
by Subscribers, 1906 (1906P701)
The model for this study may have been Julia Wild who made money through sitting for
artists and prostitution. She was known for her black eyes.
nfinished state of this drawing.
241 Brown’s diary entry for 8
January 1848 notes that he ‘dined & went out for Miss Wild … came back and set to
work by 7 till 10 on the head of the female, made a wretched drawing of it.’ 242 His
displeasure with the study may explain the u
Cat. no. 170 Wycliffe reading his Translation of the Bible: Portrait of Elizabeth Bamford
modelling
for Constance, 1848
Pencil; 97 x 125 mm
Insc. bl.: Miss Elizabeth Bamford,
br.: London / Ford M.Brown 1848
Lit.: Whitley, p. 39; Ford Madox Brown: The Unofficial Pre-Raphaelite, p. 70
Prov.: Charles Fairfax Murray
Presented by Subscribers, 1906 (1906P693)
Elizabeth Bamford was the daughter of a family with whom Brown socialised frequently
in the first few years after the death of his first wife, Elisabeth. They were perhaps
connected with Elisabeth's family, the Bromleys. Brown often referred to 'Mr Bamford'
in his diary; he is likely to have been 'James Bamford, silk manufacturer of Milk
Street,
243
Cheapside,
whose portrait Brown had painted' in 1846. On 2 February 1848 Brown
went to stay with the Bamfords and according to his diary ‘dansed till 3 in the
morning.' d Watkinson have surmised that Brown danced with Elizabeth
'
Free Exhibition to which he submitted Wycliffe
r Sam and
ting as a model.
244 Newman an
on that night although there is no evidence of this. 245 Brown also stayed at the Bamfords
on the night of the Private View at the
reading his Translation of the Bible. 246 His diary records Elizabeth's brothe
another relative, William, visiting him several times at his studio but does not mention
247
Elizabeth ac
239
Op. cit. at note 2, p. 21.
240
Ibid., pp. 27, 41-43.
241
Ibid., p. 24.
242
Ibid., p. 26.
243
Ibid., p. 9.
244
Ibid., p. 28.
245
Op. cit. at note 19, p. 37.
246
Op. cit. at note 2, p. 40.
247
Ibid., pp. 32, 34,
45, 56.
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