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Paul Sandby (1731-1809)
'George Morland, when a boy' c. 1770
Pencil and wash | 10.0 x 8.1 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 914520
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A pencil and wash drawing of a small boy, full-length, fast asleep in an armchair. Mounted together with RCINs 914515-914519, and inscribed below on the modern mount: George Morland when a boy. This inscription is probably copied from an earlier album or the verso of the sheet. George Morland (1763-1804) was a landscape and genre painter.
Provenance
From a volume of 134 figure studies acquired (£35) at the Paul Sandby estate sale, 1811 and described in William Sandby, Thomas and Paul Sandby (London, 1892), p. 218: 'George Morland' -
Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Pencil and wash
Measurements
10.0 x 8.1 cm (sheet of paper)
Object type(s)
Other number(s)
RL 14520
