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Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807

Disproportioned Horse Drawing

ca. 1760

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Sawrey Gilpin, Disproportioned Horse Drawing, ca. 1760, Watercolor, graphite, pen and black ink on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper, Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Arthur Weyhe, B1998.32.6(7).
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  • Creator

    Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807

  • Title

    Disproportioned Horse Drawing

  • Date

    ca. 1760

  • Materials & Techniques

    Watercolor, graphite, pen and black ink on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper

  • Dimensions

    Sheet: 8 3/16 × 13 3/8 inches (20.8 × 34 cm)

  • Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering

    Inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower center: "This outline is taken from one by a painer, who was intimately ignorant of the forms of a | horse. When analysed, you discern how totally the weak, shoulder, & all the other parts of it, are | disproportioned."; inscribed in pen and black ink, lower center: "S Gilpin"

    Watermark: "GR"

  • Credit Line

    Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Arthur Weyhe

  • Copyright Status

    Public Domain

  • Accession Number

    B1998.32.6(7)

  • Classification

    Drawings & Watercolors

  • Collection

    Prints and Drawings

  • Subject Terms

    animal art

  • Access

    Accessible in the Study Room [Request]

  • Link

    https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:23815

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