William Gilpin

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William Gilpin
1724-1804
River-Views, Bays & Sea Coasts
[1781]
Pen and brown ink, brown and gray-brown wash, over graphite, on paper washed with ochre.
each: approx. 6 7/8 x 9 1/8 inches (167 x 234 mm), oval; on leaves: approx. 10 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches (271 x 216 mm)
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Enid A. Haupt.
1978.39
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Artist's album of thirty-six drawings and accompanying seven-page autograph manuscript discussing the subject of the volume, "river-scenery".
William Gilpin's bookplate with wild boar inscribed in pen and black ink at lower left with the initials "SG" (Sawrey Gilpin, R. A., William's brother).

Provenance: 
The artist's brother, Sawrey Gilpin; sale, [William Gilpin], London, Christie's, 6 June 1804 (Lugt S. 2622a); sale, London, Christie's, 26 June 1978, lot 4; Covent Garden Gallery Ltd., London.
Associated names: 

Gilpin, Sawrey, former owner.
Haupt, Enid A. (Enid Annenberg), 1906-2005, donor.

Bibliography: 

Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Nineteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978-1980. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981, p. 195.

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