Harvard Art Museums > 1919.560.26: Mounted Figure Seen from Behind, after "The Duke of Marlborough at the Battle of Malplaquet"; verso: Man on Horseback, after "The Duke of Marlborough at the Battle of Malplaquet" Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Mounted Figure Seen from Behind, after "The Duke of Marlborough at the Battle of Malplaquet"; verso: Man on Horseback, after "The Duke of Marlborough at the Battle of Malplaquet" (Sir Joshua Reynolds) , 1919.560.26,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 21, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/179826. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1919.560.26 People Sir Joshua Reynolds, British (Plympton, England 1723 - 1792 London, England) Title Mounted Figure Seen from Behind, after "The Duke of Marlborough at the Battle of Malplaquet"; verso: Man on Horseback, after "The Duke of Marlborough at the Battle of Malplaquet" Classification Drawings Work Type sketchbook page, drawing Date 18th century Culture British Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/179826 Physical Descriptions Medium Black chalk on cream antique laid paper Dimensions 19.8 x 16.1 cm (7 13/16 x 6 5/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks watermark: top half of Britannia watermark [Full watermark: Britannia figure encircled with the words EJUSQUE / LIBERTATE / PRO PATRIA, the whole crowned; with countermark GR, crowned (similar to Churchill 225, also 219-236; similar to Heawood 214, also 201-221)] Provenance Recorded Ownership History W. A. White, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1919 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of W. A. White Accession Year 1919 Object Number 1919.560.26 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History "Reynolds's Sketch-Books", Athenaeum (May 24, 1856), no. 1491, pp. 655-656, p. 656 "(R)evolution in Art Across the Channel: Reynolds and the Continental Tradition", auct. cat., Société alsacienne pour le développement de l'histoire de l'art (Strasbourg, 1992), p. 219 (note 31) Giovanna Perini, "I taccuini di Sir Joshua Reynolds: storia, identificazione, circolazione, fortuna", Souvenir d'Italie: il viaggio in italia nelle memorie scritte e figurative tra il XVI secolo e l'età contemporanea, ed. Maurizia Migliorini and Giulia Savio, De Ferrari (Genoa, Italy, 2008), pp. 395-431, p. 410 Related Works 1919.560.1-33 Sir Joshua Reynolds Sketchbook Drawings Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
