page_title: Plumbago drawing
hierarchical_section_title: Plumbago drawing
caption_attribution_description: English: Thomas Forster, worked 1690-1717, Portrait of Lady Anne Churchill, Dated 1700, Graphite on vellum, Inscribed by the artist lower right in Latin 'Forster /Drew this' and dated '1700' Museum no. P.20-1910, Bequeathed by Captain H. B. Murray. Lady Anne Churchill (1683-1716) was the daughter of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough. This miniature dates from the time of her marriage to Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland.
context_page_description: Plumbago drawings are graphite drawings from the 17th and 18th centuries. There was a group of artists whose work in plumbago is remarkable for their portraits drawn with finely pointed pieces of graphite and on vellum. Initially these works were often prepared as the basis of an engraving. As time went by they would be produced as works in their own right.
context_section_description: Plumbago drawings are graphite drawings from the 17th and 18th centuries. There was a group of artists whose work in plumbago is remarkable for their portraits drawn with finely pointed pieces of graphite and on vellum. Initially these works were often prepared as the basis of an engraving. As time went by they would be produced as works in their own right.
caption: Thomas Forster, worked 1690–1717, Portrait of Lady Anne Churchill, Dated 1700, Graphite on vellum Museum no. P.20-1910[1] Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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