Art Institute of Chicago
Officer Seeking Shelter with his Wife and Children from a Storm (recto); Sketch of Castle on Hill (verso)
After Richard Westall
- Date
- c. 1800/20
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash and watercolor, scraped to create highlights, heightened with gum varnish (recto), and graphite (verso), on cream wove card
- Culture
- England
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
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- Object type
- AAT300033973
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