Drawings
Illustration to Cowper's "The Task" [book V]
- 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
- Department
- European Art
- Find out more
- View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)
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