drawing

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Object Type: drawing
Museum number: 1868,0328.55
Description: A black man standing by the sea; wearing a blue jacket, his arms folded Pen and grey ink, with blue and grey wash
Producer name: Drawn by: James Gillray; Formerly attributed to: Philip James de Loutherbourg
School/style: British
Production date: 1772-1794
Materials: paper
Technique: drawn
Dimensions: Height: 105 millimetres; Width: 74 millimetres
Curator's comments: See Curator's Comment to 1868-3-28-1. A copy of this drawing by Sir A Croke is in an album belonging to Miss Brown, 1948.
Bibliographic references: Binyon 1898-1907 / Catalogue of drawings by British artists, and artists of foreign origin working in Great Britain (20(24b))
Location: Not on display
Subjects: black
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Colnaghi
Previous owner: Previous owner/ex-collection: Philip James de Loutherbourg (Estate)
Acquisition date: 1868
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1868,0328.55

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