Two Chinese Pigs

Samuel Howitt

Artist, British, c. 1765 - 1822

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gray wash over graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Joseph F. McCrindle Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 6.2 x 16.2 cm (2 7/16 x 6 3/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2009.70.143

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(John Manning Fine Art, London); Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York, 1961; Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, 2008; gift to NGA, 2009.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2012

  • Grasselli, Margaret M., and Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr., eds. The McCrindle Gift: A Distinguished Collection of Drawings and Watercolors. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art. Washington, 2012: 170 (color).

Inscriptions

by later hand, upper left in pen and brown ink: Fig. 2; by later hand, upper right in pen and brown ink: Fig. 1; by later hand, center verso in graphite: Chinese Pigs

Wikidata ID

Q64630343

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