Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
William Lock II, 1767–1847, British
Title:
Portrait of the Pugilist Johnson
Date:
1790
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 1/4 × 7 1/2 inches (26 × 19.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower right: "Johnson 1790 -"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.1332
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
portrait | figure study | fighter | shoes | knickers | collar | shirt | man | pugilist | boxer
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
Robert Colls, This sporting life : sport and liberty in England, 1760-1960, Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K., 2020, pp. 90, 373, GV706.35 .C65 2020 (LC) YCBA
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:10959