drawing
- Museum number
- 1875,1009.342
- Description
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Study of a kneeling soldier in early eighteenth century uniform; wearing a sword or dagger on a belt from his waist, a rifle on the ground
Black chalk, touched with watercolour
- Production date
- 1798-1863
- Dimensions
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Height: 226 millimetres
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Width: 328 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- The drawing was acquired as by 'De La Croix'; it is very uncertain which artist of this name was intended - probably not Eugène Delacroix. It was sold at Sotheby's 9 July 1875 lot 94 as 'De la Croix' (bt for BM) in a group of mostly German drawings. It looks eighteenth-century French, and might be related to the work of Charles Grenier de Lacroix de Marseille (1700-1782) (MRK)
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1875
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1875,1009.342
