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Circle of John Flaxman
1755-1826
Sea Battle with Figures Swimming toward Lifeboats
Pencil, pen and brown ink, with brown wash, on paper.
4 3/4 x 16 1/4 inches (121 x 142 mm)
Gift of Mr. Frederick R. Koch.
1981.21:2
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Watermark: none visible through lining.
Perhaps a design for a fireplace or pedestal.
The Royal Library purchased from Frederick Koch the entire group of drawings formerly at Windsor Castle, except for the three sheets now in the Morgan Library.
Provenance:
Royal Library, Windsor Castle; part of a group of drawings by Flaxman and his circle, said to have been stolen by the librarian Clifford Smith, and sold by his heirs in their sale, London, Christie's, 24 March 1981, lot 100; Frederick R. Koch.
Associated names:
Smith, Clifford.
Koch, Frederick R. (Frederick Robinson), former owner.
Bibliography:
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twentieth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981-1983. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, p. 258.
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