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Study for 'Setting Off for the Chase': 1966

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Study for 'Setting Off for the Chase'

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Seymour, James

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: Hon. Charles Greville (?); by family descent with the Earls of Warwick, sold Sotheby's, 17th June 1936, part of lot 146, bt. Spink

Measurements and weight

Height: 80 mm
Width: 161 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1936) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Note

'Setting Off for the Chase: The Huntsman Leading out a Pack of Harriers followed by the Master and the Whipper-In' (Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection B2001.2.1201)

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Brown ink
Brown wash

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Techniques used in production

Drawing (image-making) : Pen, brown ink and brown wash (sepia), on paper

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Seamour
  • Location: Old mount, verso

Identification numbers

Accession number: 1966
Primary reference Number: 13552
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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