Sawrey Gilpin, Four Oval Compositions

Sawrey Gilpin

British · 1733–1807 · Painter, Printmaker

Sawrey Gilpin was an English animal painter, illustrator, and etcher who specialised in paintings of horses and dogs. He was made a Royal Academician. (Wikipedia)

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  1. Sawrey Gilpin, Untitled, oil on canvas 71 x 91cm (2)UntitledSworders · £12,600≈ $17,907≈ €14,652Sign up to see
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Sawrey Gilpin was an English animal painter, illustrator, and etcher who specialised in paintings of horses and dogs. He was made a Royal Academician.

Excerpt from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born 1733, CarlisleDied 1807, BromptonOccupation Painter, Printmaker, IllustratorWikidata Q7428677 ↗ULAN 500115480 ↗Museum works 15

Also known as Esq. S. Gilpin, Esq. Sawrey Gilpin, Gilpen, Gilpin, Glipin, R.A. S. Gilpin, R. A. Sawrey Gilpin, S. Gilpin and 2 other name forms

Works in museum collections

Open-access images (public domain, CC0 or CC BY) from museum collections, each shown with its credit line and licence.

Sawrey Gilpin, Four Oval Compositions
Four Oval Compositionsc. 1775 · pen and brown ink with gray and yellow washes over graphite on laid paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of William B. O'Neal — Open Access …
Sawrey Gilpin, A Horse Frightened by a Snake
A Horse Frightened by a Snake1792
Yale Center for British Art ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Yale Center for British Art
Sawrey Gilpin, Three Hunters in a Rocky Landscape
Three Hunters in a Rocky Landscape1775
Yale Center for British Art ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Yale Center for British Art
Sawrey Gilpin, Gulliver Addressing the Houyhnhnm
Gulliver Addressing the Houyhnhnm1769
Yale Center for British Art ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Yale Center for British Art
Sawrey Gilpin, A Setter at the Edge of a Wood
A Setter at the Edge of a Wood1780
Yale Center for British Art ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Yale Center for British Art
Sawrey Gilpin, Mares and Foals, facing right
Mares and Foals, facing right1790
Yale Center for British Art ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Yale Center for British Art
Sawrey Gilpin, Mares and Foals, facing left
Mares and Foals, facing left1795
Yale Center for British Art ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Yale Center for British Art
Sawrey Gilpin, Mares and Foal
Mares and Foal1775
Yale Center for British Art ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Yale Center for British Art
Sawrey Gilpin, Gulliver Taking His Final Leave of the Land of the Houyhnhnm
Gulliver Taking His Final Leave of the Land of the Houyhnhnm1769
Yale Center for British Art ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Yale Center for British Art
Sawrey Gilpin, Greyhounds and Their Keeper
Greyhounds and Their Keepern.d. · Graphite on cream laid paper, laid down on ivory card
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection — publi…
Sawrey Gilpin, Fox Hound (recto); Sketches of Horse and Rider (verso)
Fox Hound (recto); Sketches of Horse and Rider (verso)n.d. · Graphite, with brush and blue and brown wash (recto), and graphite (verso), on cream laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection — publi…
Sawrey Gilpin, Lioness and Cubs
Lioness and Cubsn.d. · Brush and gray and brown wash, over graphite, on cream laid paper, laid down on tan laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection — publi…
Sawrey Gilpin, Cow
Cown.d. · Graphite on cream wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection — publi…
Sawrey Gilpin, Dog Paws
Dog Pawsn.d. · Graphite on cream laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection — publi…
Sawrey Gilpin, Two Riders
Two Ridersn.d. · Graphite on cream laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection — publi…

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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