Drawing
1839 (made)
| Artist/Maker |
Drawing of a man and a woman, both in riding habits, standing together by a low wall, with horses and a rider in the background.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Water-colour and chinese white, with some preliminary pencil |
| Brief description | Water-colour drawing by Eugène Charles François Guerard, 1839. Possibly a design for a fashion plate, depicting a man and a woman, both in riding habits, standing together by a low wall. |
| Physical description | Drawing of a man and a woman, both in riding habits, standing together by a low wall, with horses and a rider in the background. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'E. Guérard 39' (Signed and dated) |
| Object history | This is probably a design for a fashion plate. In his book Hand Coloured Fashion Plates 1770-1899, London, 1955, Vyvyan Holland states that E. Guérard contributed fashion plates to La Mode and Les Modes Parisiennes. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1967 . London: HMSO, 1968. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.3-1967 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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