William Lock II, 1767–1847, British, Portrait of the Pugilist Johnson, 1790
- Title:
- Portrait of the Pugilist Johnson
- Date:
- 1790
- Materials & Techniques:
- Pen and brown ink, brush and brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 10 1/4 × 7 1/2 inches (26 × 19.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower right: "Johnson 1790 -"
Watermark: Fleur-de-Lys; collector's mark, verso: Paul Mellon
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.4.1332
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- boxer | collar | fighter | figure study | knickers | man | portrait | pugilist | shirt | shoes
- Associated People:
- Johnson, Tom (c.1750–1797), prize-fighter
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:10959
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Robert Colls, This sporting life : sport and liberty in England, 1760-1960, Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K., 2020, pp. 90, 373, GV706.35 .C65 2020 (LC) YCBA [ORBIS]
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