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Ink and Wash Drawing (Framed) of the Duke of Marlborough Mounted on the Battlefield, 1706

Inventory Number 13514


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.13514

Item type
Object
Provenance
Bequeathed by G. H. Gabb in 1948.
Physical material
Paper
Wood
Glass
Ormolu
Object type
Drawing instrument
Dimensions
Height: 570mm Width: 445mm Depth: 22mm
Inventory No
13514
Accession Number
1949-15

Description

Framed faded ink and wash drawing of the Duke of Marlborough.There is a manuscript verse and caption below image, in German, referring to the battles of Schellenberg, Hochstadt (the German name for Blenheim), and Tirlemont. The inscription implies a date of 1706, though unclear whether or not it is a later copy of a painting or print (but not much later, the hand is 18th century). There are a number of images of the Duke on horseback, the rearing horse and outstretched baton resembling several of these, though not identical.