Sketches by Henry Compton
Drawing
ca. 1778 to ca. 1781 (made)
ca. 1778 to ca. 1781 (made)
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Album with 96 sheets of white wove paper, quarter bound in green leather with cloth boards, containing 35 drawings of landscapes, seascapes and portraits after various artists. Watercolour, bodycolour, Indian ink and pastel. Inscribed on the first page with a biographical note on the artist. Some pages are inscribed with attributions to artists and subjects.
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Title | Sketches by Henry Compton (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Watercolour, bodycolour, Indian ink and pastel drawings |
Brief description | Henry Compton. Drawing, one of 35 contained in an album. (E.500 to 534-1950). British, 1775-1785. |
Physical description | Album with 96 sheets of white wove paper, quarter bound in green leather with cloth boards, containing 35 drawings of landscapes, seascapes and portraits after various artists. Watercolour, bodycolour, Indian ink and pastel. Inscribed on the first page with a biographical note on the artist. Some pages are inscribed with attributions to artists and subjects. |
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Credit line | Bequeathed by Mrs Isabel Baynes |
Object history | The artist, Henry Compton was a page-in-waiting to George III. He married Miss Mary Dacres, lady in charge of the Royal children, in 1777. A chalk portrait of him by John Hoppner is also in the Museum collection (E.536-1950) and miniatures of him (P.11-1950, attributed to P.Collins) and his wife (P.9-1950, by A.B. Lens) are in the Paintings collection. |
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Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1950, London: HMSO, 1962. |
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Accession number | E.524-1950 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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