Drawings

Illustration to Cowper's "The Task" [book V]

Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1799
Accession number: 62.78C
Maker: Thomas Girtin(Opens in new tab) (British, 1775–1802)
Dimensions: sheet/ image: 8 7/8 x 9 7/8 in. (22.5 x 25.1 cm.) mat: 19 x 12 1/2 in. (48.3 x 31.8 cm.)
Medium: wash over pencil on paper
Description: One of thirty eight drawings from Girtin's Sketching Club portfolio. Twenty-four in the portfolio (62.78A-X) and fourteen loose, originally from the portfolio (62.78.1A-N).
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Department: European Art
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