Circle of John Flaxman
1755-1826
A Grecian Banquet
Full sheet: 6 3/4 x 15 7/16 inches (174 x 341 mm); design area: 3 3/16 x 10 5/8 inches (85 x 295 mm)
Pen and gray ink, over graphite pencil, on paper; squared for transfer.
1981.21:1
Gift of Mr. Frederick R. Koch.
Notes
Watermark: none.
Pupil's copy of a design closely related to the fireplace that Flaxman executed for Sir Thomas Baring's house at Grange Park, Hamphsire (repr. in David Irwin, "John Flaxman 1755-1826," London, 1979, no. 244), and to a drawing in the Huntington Library, "Frieze of Classical Figures" (repr. in Robert R. Wark, "Drawings by John Flaxman in the Huntington Collection," San Marino, 1970, no. 51).
The Royal Library purchased from Frederick Koch the entire group of drawings formerly at Windsor Castle, except for the three sheets now in the Morgan Library.
Pupil's copy of a design closely related to the fireplace that Flaxman executed for Sir Thomas Baring's house at Grange Park, Hamphsire (repr. in David Irwin, "John Flaxman 1755-1826," London, 1979, no. 244), and to a drawing in the Huntington Library, "Frieze of Classical Figures" (repr. in Robert R. Wark, "Drawings by John Flaxman in the Huntington Collection," San Marino, 1970, no. 51).
The Royal Library purchased from Frederick Koch the entire group of drawings formerly at Windsor Castle, except for the three sheets now in the Morgan Library.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed at center above design, in pen and brown ink, "4 Foot-2 inches"; vertically along left edge, "1 Foot / 2 inches"; at center below design, in pen and gray ink, "Grecian Banquet".
Associated names
Smith, Clifford.
Koch, Frederick R. (Frederick Robinson), former owner.
Koch, Frederick R. (Frederick Robinson), former owner.
Bibliography
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twentieth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981-1983. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, p. 258.
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Century Drawings
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