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Paul Sandby (1731-1809)
Barnard Smith's Pad c. 1752
Pen and ink and watercolour | 9.9 x 11.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 914353
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A pen and ink and watercolour drawing of a horse, saddled and fastened by his bridle to a post. Mounted together with RCINs 914348-914352. Inscribed below in pen and ink on the modern mount, 'Barnard Smith's pad, supposed to have been the fastest nag horse ever known. abt 1752'. A similar drawing is in the British Museum (1904,0819.309).
Provenance
From a volume of figure studies at the Paul Sandby estate sale, 16-18 April 1817, lot 44; bought by Sir Thomas Dyke Acland; bought for the Royal Library from Sir Francis Dyke Acland in 1930 (the whole volume £30)
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Pen and ink and watercolour
Measurements
9.9 x 11.7 cm (sheet of paper)
Other number(s)
RL 14353
