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Officer Seeking Shelter with his Wife and Children from a Storm (recto); Sketch of Castle on Hill (verso)

A work made of pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash and watercolor, scraped to create highlights, heightened with gum varnish (recto), and graphite (verso), on cream wove card.
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  • A work made of pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash and watercolor, scraped to create highlights, heightened with gum varnish (recto), and graphite (verso), on cream wove card.

Date:

c. 1800/20

Artist:

After Richard Westall
English, 1765-1836

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Richard Westall

Title

Officer Seeking Shelter with his Wife and Children from a Storm (recto); Sketch of Castle on Hill (verso)

Place

England (Artist's nationality:)

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c. 1795–1825

Medium

Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash and watercolor, scraped to create highlights, heightened with gum varnish (recto), and graphite (verso), on cream wove card

Dimensions

39 × 31.6 cm (15 3/8 × 12 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection

Reference Number

1993.248.841

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