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Drawing

ca.1780s (made)
Artist/Maker
Cosway, Maria (artist)
Place of origin
Britain (made)

Pen and wash drawing of a kneeling, semi-nude man being bound by another to a tree. Signed Maria Cosway.


Object details

Category
Drawings
Object type
Drawing
Materials and techniques
Pen and wash
Pen and Ink
Wash
Drawing
Brief description
Drawing depicting a man being bound by another to a tree, pen and wash, Maria Cosway, Great Britain, ca. 1780s
Physical description
Pen and wash drawing of a kneeling, semi-nude man being bound by another to a tree. Signed Maria Cosway.
Dimensions
  • From catalogue height: 28.3cm
  • From catalogue width: 35.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
Maria Cosway (Signed)
Credit line
From the Wellesley Collection, R H Stephenson Bequest.
Subjects depicted
Erotica
Homoerotic
Tied
Men
Violence
Homoerotic
Bibliographic references
  • Martin Myrone Gothic Nightmares: Fuseli, Blake and the Romantic Imagination London: Tate, 2006. 224p. ISBN 1854375822.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1929, London: Board of Education, 1930.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.585-1929

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Record createdSeptember 3, 2008
Record URL
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