James Rawlinson, British c.1768/69-1848- Portrait of two male figures after the Antique; black chalk on wove paper, 68 x 49 cm. (image) 74 x 55 cm. (sheet), together with approximately 50 further drawings variously in black chalk and pen and brown...

James Rawlinson,
British c.1768/69-1848-
Portrait of two male figures after the Antique;
black chalk on wove paper, 68 x 49 cm. (image) 74 x 55 cm. (sheet), together with 60 further drawings variously in black chalk and pen and brown ink, depicting studies after the Antique, mythological subjects etc., some bound, others held loose within an album, various sizes 74 x 55 cm. and smaller,
together with Giovani Folo, Italian 1764-1836- 'Studio del Disegno Ricavato Dall'Estremita Delle Figure Del Celebre Quadro Della Trasfigurazione Di Raffaelle, Delineato Dal Sr Cavalier Vincenzo Camuccini...'; etchings, 31 plates, published 1808, Studio de Folio, Piazza di Spagna numo 13, together with 15 loosely held copies after the engravings by James Rawlinson variously in pen and brown ink and wash, some watermarked 'TURKEY MILLS J. WHATMAN 1818', 45 x 32 cm. (plate), 54 x 41 cm. (sheet) (album).
Note: Rawlinson depicted a variety of subjects across a range of mediums, but is perhaps best known as a draughtsman. Despite their theme of Classical sculpture, the present drawings also exhibit something of a similarity to James Barry's (1741-1806) illustrations of Shakespeare's ‘King Lear’, particularly in the simplicity of line used by Barry to convey the sitter's striking profile.
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