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George Moutard Woodward
The Major at exercise
Published
[London] : To be had of J. Searle No. 24 Corner of Warwick St & Brewer Street publish as the act directs, July 3d 1787.
etching and aquatint
image: 202 x 293 mm; plate mark: 214 x 294 mm; sheet: 237 x 322 mm
Peel 2563
Notes
Title from item.
A drawing in pen and ink of this design was attributed to the English caricaturist George Moutard Woodward and sold by Christies as part of a sale of British watercolours on July 8, 1997 (Live auction 5824).
Printed in brown ink.
A drawing in pen and ink of this design was attributed to the English caricaturist George Moutard Woodward and sold by Christies as part of a sale of British watercolours on July 8, 1997 (Live auction 5824).
Printed in brown ink.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
Print shows Sir George Hanger (afterward Lord Coleraine) at right, boxing with an elegantly dressed black man (possibly intended to represent Julius Soubise); the two men are facing off in profile with raised boxing gloves, and pistols, swords, and clubs are shown in the background at right.
Associated names
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist.
Searle, John, active 1787-1826? publisher.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Searle, John, active 1787-1826? publisher.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
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Classification
Department
Century prints
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