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

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

Maker (British, 1765 - 1836)
Additional Title(s)
  • Girtin's Sketching Club Portfolio
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
Date1799
Mediumwash over pencil on paper
Dimensions9 x 11 7/8 in. (22.9 x 30.2 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.R. Underwood Sepr. 28. 1799
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Status
Not on view
Object number62.78G
Terms
    Illustration to Cowper's "The Task" [book V]
    Illustration to Cowper's "The Task" [book V]
    Thomas Girtin
    1799
    Object number: 62.78C
    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 Miss Seward's "Louisa"
    Illustration to Miss Seward's "Louisa"
    Richard Thomas Underwood
    1800
    Object number: 62.78R
    Illustration to Gisborne's "Walks in a Forest"
    Illustration to Gisborne's "Walks in a Forest"
    Richard Thomas Underwood
    1799
    Object number: 62.78M
    Illustration to Cunningham's "A Landscape"
    Illustration to Cunningham's "A Landscape"
    Thomas George Worthington
    1801
    Object number: 62.78V
    Black Down Hills
    Black Down Hills
    Thomas George Worthington
    1820
    Object number: 62.78.1E
    Rocky Landscape
    Rocky Landscape
    Richard Thomas Underwood
    n.d.
    Object number: 59.55.1364
    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