The Earth Stopper, 1794 or shortly thereafter

Not on View

Medium

black chalk heightened with white on brown laid paper

Dimensions

overall: 20.5 x 14.7 cm (8 1/16 x 5 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of William B. O'Neal

Accession Number

1995.52.189

Artists / Makers

James Ward (artist) British, 1769 - 1859

Image Use

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Inscription

by later hand, lower left verso: A8923

Provenance

Francis John Stephens Hopwood, 1st baron Southborough (1860-1950); (P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., Ltd., London); (Sabin Galleries Ltd., London); purchased by William B. O'Neal, Charlottesville, VA, 1976-1994; gift to NGA, 1995.

Associated Names

Colnaghi & Co., Ltd., P. & D.
Hopwood, 1st baron Southborough, Francis John Stephens
O'Neal, William B., Estate of
O'Neal, William B., Professor
Sabin Galleries Limited

Exhibition History

1993: Drawings from the O'Neal Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1993, no. 41.

1996: Drawings from the O'Neal Collection, Georgia Museum of Art, The University of Georgia, Athens, 4 May-16 June, 1996.

Bibliography

1993: NGA O'Neal 1993, ex 41.