126 - Thomas Couture (French, 1815-1879) Head study for 'La Rêverie', 1848 pencil Unframed: 44 x 36 cm. (17 3/8 x 14 1/8 in.) Framed: 68 x 55 cm. (26 3/4 x 21 5/8 in.) (oval) Sale; Lyon & Turnbull, Edinburgh, 12 November 2015, lot 669 (as Follower of Dainel Maclise), where purchased by the present owner; Private Collection, London. The final oil painting for which this drawing is a study, was originally purchased by H.C.Newton c.1856, as the sitter had a likeness to his daughter Ellen Carter West (according to label) and was then sold at auction (Woolley & Wallis) in the UK in March 2026.

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