Graphite and chalk on paper
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/sir-david-wilkie-600" aria-label="More by Sir David Wilkie" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Sir David Wilkie</a>
First EarRing
Presented by the Art Fund 1936
actions: expressive
adults
children
cloak
clothing and personal items
comforting
girl
hat, cap
objects
people
woman
<p>This study is one of several made between 1832 and 1834, which served as the basis for an oil painting exhibited by Wilkie at the Royal Academy in 1835. That picture, which can be seen in the adjacent gallery, was exhibited with the quotation 'Il faut souffrir pour être belle' ('It is necessary to suffer to be beautiful').</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
paper unique graphite chalk
18 September 2002 – 1 December 2002
2002-12-01
18 September 2002 – 1 December 2002
2002-12-01
2002-09-18
Dulwich Picture Gallery (London, UK)
2002-09-18
David Wilkie, Genre Painting
Loan-out
Study for ‘The First Ear-Ring’
support: 521 × 368 mm
Presented by the <a href="/search?gid=999999968" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Art Fund</a> 1936
<p>This study is one of several made between 1832 and 1834, which served as the basis for an oil <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/painting" title="Glossary definition for 'Painting'"><span>painting</span></a> exhibited by Wilkie at the Royal Academy in 1835. That picture, which can be seen in the adjacent gallery, was exhibited with the quotation 'Il faut souffrir pour être belle' ('It is necessary to suffer to be beautiful').</p>
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actions: expressive adults children cloak clothing and personal items comforting girl hat, cap objects people woman