The striking likeness [art original]
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Description
- Title
- The striking likeness [art original]
- Creator
- Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, artist
- Published / Created
- [between 1830 and 1852]
- Publication Place
- London
- Abstract
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An artist (left) with a caricatured face looks on with horror as a bust falls on the head of the Lord, the sitter, who jumps and shreaks with pain, his foot breaking the window (right). In the background the Lord's round, well-dressed wife looks on in horror
Sketch on verso in pencil shows a boxer with gloves in a fighting stance. The figures in ink on recto, the artist and his lordship, bleed-through the image on verso
- Description
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Title from caption written above image on recto; image on verso untitled.
Verses below image begin: " A poor sculptor with his work elated, on a fickle lord one evening waited ; with his Lordship's bust ... Now her Ladyship with great acknowledg'd the sculptor's work to be a striking likeness."
Place and date of creation based on Grant's known place of residence and years of activity.
For further information, consult library staff. - Provenance
- Purchased from Jarndyce Antiquarian Booksellers, November 2013.
- Extent
- 2 drawings on 1 sheet : image 220 x 203 mm and image 200 x 185 mm, on sheet 279 x 217 mm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Drawings G761 no. 1 Box D123
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Satires (Visual works) England 19th century
Graphite drawings British 19th century
Ink drawings British 19th century
Wash drawings British 19th century - Material
- ink and gray wash, pencil and brown ink ;
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Topic)
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Artists
Boxers (Sports)
Boxing
Couples
Distress
Pain
Sculptors
Sculptures - Subjects
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Artists
Boxers (Sports)
Boxing
Couples
Distress
Pain
Sculptors
Sculptures
England > 19th century
British > 19th century
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 11771861
- Object ID (OID)
- 16893161