Rough sketch of Jerónimo Merino Cob, also known as Cura Merino
Drawing
1832-1833
1832-1833
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Lewis made various sketches, and some finished pictures, of participants in the Spanish Carlist Wars. He exhibited a picture entitled A Spy of the Christino Army brought before the Carlist General in Chief, Zumalacarregui [Tomás de Zumalacárregui], at the Society of Painters in Watercolour, in 1837 [316].
This rough sketch is of an ally of Zumalacárregui, Jerónimo Merino Cob, (1769-1844), also known as Cura Merino, (rendered in English as the Curé Merino.) He was a parish priest who had fought the French as a guerilla in the Napoleonic wars. He is alleged to be the priest depicted in the picture mentioned above.
If the reading of the watermark is correct, then Lewis redrew this sketch, probably from earlier notes, after he had returned from Spain in 1833.
Very few of Lewis's rough sketches survive, but this group bequeathed by his widow [D.1164-D.1198-1908] often contain his first thoughts. They are either composition sketches, or details sketched for inclusion in the finished watercolour and oil paintings.
This rough sketch is of an ally of Zumalacárregui, Jerónimo Merino Cob, (1769-1844), also known as Cura Merino, (rendered in English as the Curé Merino.) He was a parish priest who had fought the French as a guerilla in the Napoleonic wars. He is alleged to be the priest depicted in the picture mentioned above.
If the reading of the watermark is correct, then Lewis redrew this sketch, probably from earlier notes, after he had returned from Spain in 1833.
Very few of Lewis's rough sketches survive, but this group bequeathed by his widow [D.1164-D.1198-1908] often contain his first thoughts. They are either composition sketches, or details sketched for inclusion in the finished watercolour and oil paintings.
Object details
| Object type | |
| Title | Rough sketch of Jerónimo Merino Cob, also known as Cura Merino (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Pen and ink on paper watermarked Whatman 1837 |
| Brief description | Pen and ink sketch of a Spanish horseman |
| Dimensions |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Inscribed in ink White hair very sallow & colourless white of eye very white Red saddle cloth. escopeta – Trabuco horse white black gaiters brown zumara
Cure Merino
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| Object history | Bequeathed by Mrs J. F. Lewis, via her executors and H. H. Finch. This is one of a group of rough sketches [D.1164-D.1198-1908]. Marian Lewis retained them perhaps for sentimental reasons. They had been in her husband's studio up to his death in 1876, either because they did not sell, or were not put into the Artist's sale in 1855. She did not subsequently include them in the studio sale of 1877. |
| Summary | Lewis made various sketches, and some finished pictures, of participants in the Spanish Carlist Wars. He exhibited a picture entitled A Spy of the Christino Army brought before the Carlist General in Chief, Zumalacarregui [Tomás de Zumalacárregui], at the Society of Painters in Watercolour, in 1837 [316]. This rough sketch is of an ally of Zumalacárregui, Jerónimo Merino Cob, (1769-1844), also known as Cura Merino, (rendered in English as the Curé Merino.) He was a parish priest who had fought the French as a guerilla in the Napoleonic wars. He is alleged to be the priest depicted in the picture mentioned above. If the reading of the watermark is correct, then Lewis redrew this sketch, probably from earlier notes, after he had returned from Spain in 1833. Very few of Lewis's rough sketches survive, but this group bequeathed by his widow [D.1164-D.1198-1908] often contain his first thoughts. They are either composition sketches, or details sketched for inclusion in the finished watercolour and oil paintings. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | D.1187-1908 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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