W. W. PearceDante Gabriel Rossetti1W. W. PearceDGR1853-1858 (circa)C. J. FirmstoneFairfax Murray; thence to his son Arthur R. Murray; sold at Sotheby's sale,
February 15, 1961 (part of lot 6); Sir Geoffry Mander; Maas Gallery; purchased by J. K.
Hewett; Sotheby's sale, March 15, 1967 (lot 33); purchased by Leger Galleries for £40;
sold in 1969 to C. J. Firmstonepen and ink5 1/4 x 4 3/4 in.Inscribed at the top in an unknown hand: “Portrait of W. W. Pearce. Picture Dealer. From Memory”The verso has some female figure studies, and a rough sketch of a woman is drawn (in
pencil) upside down on the front left.A caricature portrait, head in profile to the left.W. W. Pearce
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Surtees, A Catalogue Raisonné, vol. 1, 181 (no. 406).