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Sutherland Album, by Sawrey Gilpin, 1804

Sutherland Album

Sawrey Gilpin

1804

From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum

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Overview

Sutherland Album is a 1804 by Sawrey Gilpin, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.

Who painted this?
Sawrey Gilpin
When & what style?
1804 · Romanticism
Where can I see it?
Victoria and Albert Museum

The story of this work

Overview

The Sutherland Album, compiled in 1804, is a collection of watercolors, sketches, prints, and handwritten poems and letter extracts by amateur artists connected through family ties. Among the contributors are Elizabeth, Countess of Sutherland, her nieces Elizabeth Howard, Duchess of Rutland, and Caroline Howard, Lady Cawdor, as well as other relatives like the Countess of Harewood and Lady Caroline Georgiana Howard. The album includes depictions of Castle Howard and Belvoir Castle, alongside personal writings such as a poem by Georgina, Duchess of Devonshire, reflecting the familial and…

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About the artist

Portrait of Sawrey Gilpin
Artist

Sawrey Gilpin

Sawrey Gilpin (30 October 1733 - 8 March 1807) was an English animal painter, illustrator, and etcher who specialised in paintings of horses and dogs. He was made a Royal Academician.

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