[Soldiers and prisoner] [art original]

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Description

Title
[Soldiers and prisoner] [art original]
Published / Created
[not after 1806]
Publication Place
England?
Abstract

Ink drawing depicting a prisoner, possibly Saint Laurence of Rome, about to be burned over coals by Roman soldiers. The prisoner's hands are bound behind his back and he is naked apart from a loin cloth; a soldier on foot grasps him from behind while two mounted soldiers look on. Four other figures surround the prisoner, one crouching at the prisoner's feet and spreading coals. A statue of a seated figure next to an eagle is visible in the upper right, probably an architectual element of a building in the background

Description
Title from local catalog card.
Signed in ink with the artist's initials in lower right corner of mount; also signed on verso with the same initials.
Place and date of production based on the country of residence and death date of Richard Bull, who owned and likely assembled the album in which this drawing was found.
Formerly laid in at page 153 in an album containing 402 pages, bound in red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings." Now disassembled and matted separately: Bull, R. Scrapbook of drawings. [England], [not after 1806].
Matted to 49 x 37 cm.
Original case shelved separately.
Provenance
Merian drawings purchased by Richard Bull from the collection of Doctor Fothergill (1712-1780). Album purchased by W.S. Lewis at the Julia Swinburne and Lady Jane Ashburnham sale, Sotheby's, lot 426, 20 July 1954.
Extent
1 drawing : sheet 15.2 x 12.8 cm, mounted to 19 x 16.4 cm
Language
No linguistic content

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
Folio 75 B935 805 folder 46 Box 5
Collection Title
[Scrapbook of drawings].
Collection / Other Creator
Bull, Richard, 1725-1806.
Collection Date
[England], [not after 1806]

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Ink drawings British 18th century
Material
pen and brown ink ; and laid paper wash-line mount.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Name)
Laurence, Saint, of Rome, -258.
Subject (Topic)
Soldiers
Roman
Martyrs
Subjects
Laurence, Saint, of Rome, -258
Soldiers > Roman
Martyrs
British > 18th century
Bull, Richard, 1725-1806 > Ownership

Access And Usage Rights

Access
Public
Rights
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Citation
Soldiers and Prisoner. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.

Identifiers

Orbis Record
13097120
Object ID (OID)
16193690

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