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Illustration to Cowper's "The Task" [book V]

Illustration to Cowper's "The Task" [book V]

Maker (British, 1775-1802)
Additional Title(s)
  • Girtin's Sketching Club Portfolio
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
Date1799
Mediumwash over pencil on paper
Dimensionssheet/ image: 8 7/8 x 9 7/8 in. (22.5 x 25.1 cm.) mat: 19 x 12 1/2 in. (48.3 x 31.8 cm.)
DescriptionOne of thirty eight drawings from Girtin's Sketching Club portfolio. Twenty-four in the portfolio (62.78A-X) and fourteen loose, originally from the portfolio (62.78.1A-N).
InscribedInscribed on verso: Cowpers Task. Book 5. T. Girtin Sepr 28. 1799
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Status
Not on view
Object number62.78C
Terms
    Illustration to Cowper's "The Task" [book V]
    Illustration to Cowper's "The Task" [book V]
    Richard Thomas Underwood
    1799
    Object number: 62.78G
    Illustration to Cowper's "The Task" [book V]
    Illustration to Cowper's "The Task" [book V]
    Robert Ker Porter
    1799
    Object number: 62.78E
    Illustration to Cowper's "The Task" [book V]
    Illustration to Cowper's "The Task" [book V]
    George Samuel
    1799
    Object number: 62.78F
    Illustration to Cowper's "The Task" [book V]
    Illustration to Cowper's "The Task" [book V]
    Paul Sandby Munn
    1799
    Object number: 62.78D
    Illustration to Cowper's "The Task"
    Illustration to Cowper's "The Task"
    John Charles Denham
    1799
    Object number: 62.78A
    Illustration to Cunningham's "A Landscape"
    Illustration to Cunningham's "A Landscape"
    Thomas George Worthington
    1801
    Object number: 62.78V
    Illustration to Miss Seward's "Louisa"
    Illustration to Miss Seward's "Louisa"
    Richard Thomas Underwood
    1800
    Object number: 62.78R
    Black Down Hills
    Black Down Hills
    Thomas George Worthington
    1820
    Object number: 62.78.1E
    Illustration to Gisborne's "Walks in a Forest"
    Illustration to Gisborne's "Walks in a Forest"
    Richard Thomas Underwood
    1799
    Object number: 62.78M
    Stormy Landscape with Lightning
    Stormy Landscape with Lightning
    Unknown
    n.d.
    Object number: 62.78.1N
    Coastal Landscape with Trees and Hills
    Coastal Landscape with Trees and Hills
    Unknown
    n.d.
    Object number: 62.78.1I
    River Landscape by Moonlight
    River Landscape by Moonlight
    Robert Ker Porter
    n.d.
    Object number: 62.78.1J