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

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

Maker (British, 1773-1845)
Additional Title(s)
  • Girtin's Sketching Club Portfolio
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
Date1799
Mediumwash 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. P.S. Munn Sepr 28, 1799
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Status
Not on view
Object number62.78D
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]
    George Samuel
    1799
    Object number: 62.78F
    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 Gisborne's "Walks in a Forest"
    Illustration to Gisborne's "Walks in a Forest"
    Paul Sandby Munn
    1799
    Object number: 62.78J
    Illustration to Cowper's "The Task"
    Illustration to Cowper's "The Task"
    John Charles Denham
    1799
    Object number: 62.78A
    Landscape with Cottage
    Landscape with Cottage
    Paul Sandby Munn
    n.d.
    Object number: 59.55.1336
    Near Ripon
    Near Ripon
    Paul Sandby Munn
    1804
    Object number: 59.55.956
    Old Houses Near Hastings
    Old Houses Near Hastings
    Paul Sandby Munn
    ca.1811
    Object number: 59.55.955
    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 Miss Seward's "Louisa"
    Illustration to Miss Seward's "Louisa"
    John Charles Denham
    1800
    Object number: 62.78N
    Illustration to Gisborne's "Walks in a Forest"
    Illustration to Gisborne's "Walks in a Forest"
    George Samuel
    1799
    Object number: 62.78L