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George Moutard Woodward
The Major at exercise
etching and aquatint
image: 202 x 293 mm; plate mark: 214 x 294 mm; sheet: 237 x 322 mm
Peel 2563
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Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
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A drawing in pen and ink of this design was attributed to the English caricaturist George Moutard Woodward and sold by Christies as part of a sale of British watercolours on July 8, 1997 (Live auction 5824).
Printed in brown ink.
Summary:
Print shows Sir George Hanger (afterward Lord Coleraine) at right, boxing with an elegantly dressed black man (possibly intended to represent Julius Soubise); the two men are facing off in profile with raised boxing gloves, and pistols, swords, and clubs are shown in the background at right.
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