1592951641000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-9001 1747159958661 1710146835000 1747159409017 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-9001 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/9001 c28df8fa-53d6-39f6-80d6-b0153f4b700f 6 reference term-97946 adlib-term-97946 388f10ba-526c-32ab-869a-65750eb7faac drawing reference term-106206 adlib-term-106206 da969d02-66a2-3e51-8dde-d1d8613f2ff6 paper Support Paintings, Drawings and Prints PD.7-1989 1 accession number PD.7-1989 9001 priref 9001 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/9001 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/9001 lower right ( ) ah Boydell delin. signature lower right, below the above 9th November 1779 date reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum From the Biffen Fund. reference agent-152285 adlib-agent-152285 fbb06467-adb1-307c-b70b-cbe17543469e Ganz, Kate 1989 1989 1989 bought draughtsman reference agent-16708 adlib-agent-16708 6f0fe931-d264-3951-af9d-a5f6f0c1285a Boydell, Josiah A preparatory drawing for an engraving by William Sharp after the painting by Benjamin West which was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1779 (no. 341) and presented to the Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers by John Boydell in 1779 or 1780. The precise nature of the drawing is unclear. Boydell frequently made drawings preparatory to engravings, but it is also possibly that this could have been intended as a display 'sample' copy to interest potential purchasers of Sharp's engraving. Height mm 445 Width mm 618 reference term-107220 adlib-term-107220 b43606bf-a697-3db0-b2f3-44d6f409b4c8 blue chalk reference term-107330 adlib-term-107330 449fc508-e086-3742-b58d-98dcd06e11a0 grey beige chalk reference term-31124 adlib-term-31124 dd400ee7-f628-37bf-a17e-49f0193228a7 black chalk reference term-97946 adlib-term-97946 388f10ba-526c-32ab-869a-65750eb7faac drawing reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum reference term-9168 adlib-term-9168 6b0c59e1-73cc-3b5c-8e54-56f42806ba6f British

reference term-97946 adlib-term-97946 388f10ba-526c-32ab-869a-65750eb7faac drawing

drawing black, grey beige, white and blue coloured chalks on paper reference term-97946 adlib-term-97946 388f10ba-526c-32ab-869a-65750eb7faac drawing object OBJECT