Head of an Ibex
Watercolour
about 1827 (Painted)
about 1827 (Painted)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
John Frederick set out on a sketching tour of France, Germany and Switzerland in 1827. His earlier success as an animal painter encouraged him to draw the local fauna, and this rapidly drawn sketch of an Ibex was probably drawn after a hunting expedition up a Swiss mountain. Ibex are mountain goats, very agile, and difficult to catch.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Head of an Ibex (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Watercolour and pencil |
| Brief description | Head of an Ibex, [formerly described as `Head of a Steinbock], John Frederick Lewis, 1827 |
| Physical description | Watercolour of a goat's head, with horns |
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| Gallery label | John Frederick Lewis 1804/5-1876
Head of a Steinbock
1828
In 1827 Lewis set out on a nsketching tour of France, Germany, Austria, Switzerlan and Venice. His earlier success as an animal painter encouraged him to study the local fauna and he probably made this sketch after a hunting expedition in the Alps. Steinbock, or ibex, are highly agile mountain goats.
Pencil and watercolour
Purchased 1923
Museum no. Circ.336-1923 |
| Object history | When this painting was aquired in 1923, it was mistakenly labelled `Head of a Springbok.' Presumably this was a misreading or misunderstanding of `Steinbock', a name sometimes used in reference to the Ibex. |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | John Frederick set out on a sketching tour of France, Germany and Switzerland in 1827. His earlier success as an animal painter encouraged him to draw the local fauna, and this rapidly drawn sketch of an Ibex was probably drawn after a hunting expedition up a Swiss mountain. Ibex are mountain goats, very agile, and difficult to catch. |
| Bibliographic reference | Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1923 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | CIRC.336-1923 |
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| Record created | July 1, 2009 |
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