Download/Print Selected Image
Copy Caption to clipboard
Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807, British, A Perfect Horse, 1760
- Title:
- A Perfect Horse
- Date:
- 1760
- Materials & Techniques:
- Graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 8 7/16 × 13 1/2 inches (21.4 × 34.3 cm), Mount: 13 × 16 5/8 inches (33 × 42.2 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, center left: "The original of this was | drawn by Wm. Seymour, as | his idea of a perfect horse."; inscribed in pen and black ink, on mount, lower left: "S Gilpin 1760"
Watermark with initials GR. (for similar watermarks see Heawood, Edward: Collection of Works and Documents Illustrating the History of Paper. Holland: The Paper Publications Society, 1950 plates 32-36).
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Arthur Weyhe
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1998.32.6(40)
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- animal art
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:23848
- Export:
- XML
- IIIF Manifest:
- JSON
If you have information about this object that may be of assistance please contact us.