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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, act. ca. 1785 - 1823)
Additional Title(s)
  • Girtin's Sketching Club Portfolio
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
Date1799
Mediumwash over pencil on paper
Dimensions8 3/4 x 11 7/8 in. (22.2 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. G Samuel Sepr 28. 1799
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Status
Not on view
Object number62.78F
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]
    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 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"
    Illustration to Cowper's "The Task"
    John Charles Denham
    1799
    Object number: 62.78A
    Illustration to Gisborne's "Walks in a Forest"
    Illustration to Gisborne's "Walks in a Forest"
    George Samuel
    1799
    Object number: 62.78L
    Illustration to Cunningham's "A Landscape"
    Illustration to Cunningham's "A Landscape"
    George Samuel
    1801
    Object number: 62.78U
    Illustration to Miss Seward's "Louisa"
    Illustration to Miss Seward's "Louisa"
    George Samuel
    1800
    Object number: 62.78Q
    Westerham, Kent
    Westerham, Kent
    George Samuel
    n.d.
    Object number: 62.78.1L
    Cottage with Trees
    Cottage with Trees
    George Samuel
    n.d.
    Object number: 62.78.1M
    Winsford Somersetshire
    Winsford Somersetshire
    George Samuel
    n.d.
    Object number: 62.78.1K
    Illustration to Cunningham's "A Landscape"
    Illustration to Cunningham's "A Landscape"
    Thomas George Worthington
    1801
    Object number: 62.78V