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

Maker Robert Ker Porter (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

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Illustration to Miss Seward's "Louisa"

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Object number: 62.78P

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Object number: 62.78.1J

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

Richard Thomas Underwood

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Object number: 62.78G

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

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Object number: 62.78F

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

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Object number: 62.78C

Illustration to Gisborne's "Walks in a Forest"

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Object number: 62.78K

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

Paul Sandby Munn

1799

Object number: 62.78D

Illustration to Cowper's "The Task"

John Charles Denham

1799

Object number: 62.78A

Russian Sentry

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Object number: 59.55.1012

Military Officer

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1793

Object number: 71.77

Illustration to Miss Seward's "Louisa"

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1800

Object number: 62.78N

Illustration to Gisborne's "Walks in a Forest"

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1799

Object number: 62.78J