A seated man with a staff
Draughtsman: Cope, Charles West
History note: Colnaghi, New York; Frederick Cummings, Detroit
Height: 686 mm
Width: 497 mm
Method of acquisition: Given (1998) by Thomas Williams Fine Art Ltd
This is a preparatory study for the judge who sits on the throne at the left of the painting which Cope submitted to the competition held in 1843 to design a series of frescoes to decorate the Houses of Parliament. Although Cope won the competition, the design was not used, as preference was given to subjects illustrating aspects of Parliamentary history. The prize-winning cartoon to which this drawing relates is now in the Victoria and Albert Museum; it was subsequently made into a lithograph by John Linnell.
Support composed of paper ( tan; laid down)
Drawing : Black chalk heightened with white on tan paper, laid down
Accession number: PD.57-1998
Primary reference Number: 14782
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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