Four Oval Compositions

c. 1775

Sawrey Gilpin

Artist, British, 1733 - 1807

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with gray and yellow washes over graphite on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of William B. O'Neal

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 19 × 13.2 cm (7 1/2 × 5 3/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1995.52.55

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

William Gilpin, the artist's brother, Vicar's Hill, Boldre; gift to his grandson William Gilpin, Cheam, England, 1800; by descent through the family to W.L. Benson; (Sabin Galleries, Ltd., London); purchased by William B. O'Neal, Charlottesville, VA, 1973-1994; gift to NGA, 1995.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1959

  • Sawrey Gilpin and the Picturesque, Kenwood [House?], London, 1959, 49 "A".

Inscriptions

by later hand, upper right verso in graphite: H/P27/1; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: B.B. / 3/4 (division sign) 8

Wikidata ID

Q64630657

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