drawing
- Museum number
- 1970,0411.29
- Description
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"L is advised by K to hold his reins short"; figure on horseback with reins held short, another rider beyond
Pen and brown ink, over graphite
- Production date
- 1842
- Dimensions
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Height: 134 millimetres
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Width: 192 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- One of a set of 21 drawings of a journey made by the artist in Italy with his friend Charles Knight. Each inscribed with a title and number in the series. Dated 1842 on first sheet.
In set with 1970,0411.24-44
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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1972, BM, Modern/Recent Acquisitions
1985 Apr-Jun, London, Royal Academy, 'Edward Lear', no. 18b
- Acquisition date
- 1970
- Acquisition notes
- This item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45. The British Museum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.
Christie's sale, "property of a lady", 11.xi.1969/163.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1970,0411.29