Study for 'The Banditti of Kurdistan assisting Georgians in surprising and carrying off Circassian Women'
History note: Morton, Morris & Co., from whom bought, 1982
Given by Jacob Simon, 2014
Height: 200 mm
Width: 390 mm
Method of acquisition: Given (2014) by Simon, Jacob M. H. Esq.
Production date: 20 April AD 1826
The painting, 'The Banditti of Kurdistan assisting Georgians in surprising and carrying off Circassian Women', now lost, was commissioned by Lord Carysfort (1751-1828) and completed in Italy in 1827. A finished compositional drawing, squared for transfer, is at the Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut.
Drawing : Pen and brown ink on two pieces of paper, joined
Accession number: PD.5-2014
Primary reference Number: 199670
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
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Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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