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Probably Paul Sandby (1731-1809)
A foot soldier with a musket c. 1750 - c. 1760
Pencil, pen and ink and watercolour | 18.0 x 10.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 914369
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A pen and ink and watercolour drawing of a standing foot soldier, holding a musket by the barrel over his right shoulder. On the verso, pencil outlines of several figures. The upper and lower right corners previously cut. The same figure appears in RCINs 914568, 914729, and in a drawing of Shrewsbury Castle in the British Museum (Gg,3.398). Previously mounted with RCINs 914371 and 914370.
Provenance
Probably 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
Pencil, pen and ink and watercolour
Measurements
18.0 x 10.2 cm (sheet of paper)
Object type(s)
Other number(s)
RL 14369
