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Preparatory drawing for a Panorama of Paris from the Seine

Drawing
1802 (drawn), May 1802 (made)
Artist/Maker
Henry Aston Barker (artist)
Place of origin
Paris (drawn)

Preparatory drawing for a panorama of Paris

Object details

Category
Drawings
Object type
Drawing
TitlePreparatory drawing for a Panorama of Paris from the Seine
Materials and techniques
Graphite
Graphite
Drawn
Brief description
Barker, Henry Aston (1774-1856), Drawing for the Panorama of Paris exhibited in Leicester Square in 1803, pencil, May 1802
Physical description
Preparatory drawing for a panorama of Paris
Dimensions
  • Height: 48.3cm
  • Width: 53.2cm
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
Paris - 1802
Associated objects
Bibliographic references
  • Owens, Susan, The Art of Drawing British Masters and Methods since 1600, V&A Publishing, London, 2013, p. 92, fig. 69
  • pp.32-5 Stephen Duffy, The Discovery of Paris. Watercolours by early nineteenth-century British artists London: The Wallace Collection. ISBN: 9780900785429.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
D.1456-1903

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1028382/preparatory-drawing-for-a-panorama-drawing-henry-aston-barker/
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