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Joseph Nash (1809-78)

Figurine of a woman with a staff dated 13 March 1828

Pencil, watercolour, pen and ink | 29.1 x 23.8 cm (sheet of paper) (sheet of paper) | RCIN 934825

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  • A watercolour showing a detailed view of a figurine of a female figure (RCIN 877.1). A pair with RCIN 934824. The woman is shown full length, facing right and holding a staff. She is shown wearing a feathered hat and standing on a marble base. A plan is shown to the right. A single pen and ink line border is shown around the edge of the sheet.

    The Pictorial Inventory consists of three volumes containing a total of 230 drawings. It was originally created as a pictorial record of the clocks, vases, candelabra and other miscellaneous items from Carlton House, as well as selected items from the stores at Buckingham House, Brighton Pavilion, Hampton Court and Kensington Palace to be considered for use in the refurbishment of Windsor Castle. Artists from an architectural drawing school run by Augustus Charles Pugin were employed by George IV’s supplier of furniture, Nicholas Morel, for this epic task. After Morel had finished using the drawings as an aid in creating his furniture schemes for Windsor Castle, the drawings were bound into three volumes and delivered to the King’s Inventory Clark, Benjamin Jutsham, where they assumed the role of an inventory. At some point in the nineteenth century, further drawings were added to the original 214 supplied by Morel. Many of the 230 drawings have been annotated by Jutsham or by a later hand and many inscriptions, including some signatures, have been erased.
  • Medium and techniques

    Pencil, watercolour, pen and ink

    Measurements

    29.1 x 23.8 cm (sheet of paper) (sheet of paper)

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