Warriors in combat

Details

Sir David Wilkie, R.A. (1785-1841)
Warriors in combat
pen and brown ink
2 5/8 x 3 7/8 in. (6.7 x 9.9 cm.)

Provenance

with Spink, London.
Lady Barbara Noble and thence by descent.

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Lot Essay

This drawing perhaps best exemplifies what Wilkie's fellow student in Edinburgh, John Burnet, meant when he said '[He] surpassed, and that from the first, all his companions in comprehending the character of whatever he was set to draw... [he required to know] what was the action, what was the sentiment.'

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