John Wootton
ca. 1682-1764
A Study of a Horse and Groom
7 5/16 x 9 3/4 inches (187 x 247 mm)
Brush and brown, green, and white oil paint, over graphite, on brown paper.
1980.23
Purchased on the E.J. Rousuck Fund.
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Watermark: letters GR surmounted by a crown, within a circle (Heawood 474).
Preparatory for the central group in the artist's painting "A Hunting Party with Charles, Third Duke of Marlborough, the Duchess, and Grooms with Three Horses and Dogs", formerly in the collection of E.C.P. Lascelles, sold at Sotheby's in 1970 and now in a private collection.
Preparatory for the central group in the artist's painting "A Hunting Party with Charles, Third Duke of Marlborough, the Duchess, and Grooms with Three Horses and Dogs", formerly in the collection of E.C.P. Lascelles, sold at Sotheby's in 1970 and now in a private collection.
Associated names
Williams, Iolo Aneurin, 1890-1962 former owner.
Bibliography
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Nineteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978-1980. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981, p. 222.
English Watercolor Drawings, Spink and Son, Ltd., London, 1980, no. 30.
English Watercolor Drawings, Spink and Son, Ltd., London, 1980, no. 30.
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