Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807, British
Title:
Four Sketches of Horse Tails
Date:
1760
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 7/16 × 6 3/8 inches (24 × 16.2 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, upper left: "short dark"; inscribed in pen and brown ink, upper right: "Shag-tail"; inscribed in pen and brown ink, center left: "long dark cut square"; inscribed in pen and brown ink, center right: "Long-dark uncut."; inscribed in pen and black ink, verso, upper left: "S Gilpin 1760-"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Arthur Weyhe
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1998.32.6(19)
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
animal art
Currently On View:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:23827