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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, 1777-1842)
Additional Title(s)
  • Girtin's Sketching Club Portfolio
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
Date1799
Mediumpen and wash over pencil on paper
Dimensions8 7/8 x 11 7/8 in. (22.5 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 / R. K. Porter Sepr, 28 1799
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Status
Not on view
Object number62.78E
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]
    Paul Sandby Munn
    1799
    Object number: 62.78D
    Illustration to Gisborne's "Walks in a Forest"
    Illustration to Gisborne's "Walks in a Forest"
    Robert Ker Porter
    1799
    Object number: 62.78K
    Illustration to Miss Seward's "Louisa"
    Illustration to Miss Seward's "Louisa"
    Robert Ker Porter
    1800
    Object number: 62.78P
    River Landscape by Moonlight
    River Landscape by Moonlight
    Robert Ker Porter
    n.d.
    Object number: 62.78.1J
    Illustration to Cowper's "The Task"
    Illustration to Cowper's "The Task"
    John Charles Denham
    1799
    Object number: 62.78A
    Russian Sentry
    Russian Sentry
    Robert Ker Porter
    n.d.
    Object number: 59.55.1012
    Military Officer
    Military Officer
    Robert Ker Porter
    1793
    Object number: 71.77
    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