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Study for “The Knatchbull Family”: Norton Joseph Knatchbull

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NOTE: All Giclee prints on PAPER are printed and cut to exact size. If you would like extra paper around your print please let us know. We can add an extra 1/4" or 1/2" of paper on all sides upon request. This selection does not apply for the stretched canvas or framed products.

SKU: TRG-PRINT-UNF-METM-10544 Categories: Giclee Prints, Best Sellers Tags: Figures, Portrait Artist: Copley, John Singleton

Tags: Figures, Portrait

Description

Norton Joseph Knatchbull stands facing forward in a full-length study, with an arm resting near a table. The boy’s jacket and trousers are indicated within a ruled grid, so the individual figure and the working structure of the sheet remain visible together. The spare surroundings keep the pose clear, allowing the balance between the upright body and the supporting arm to become the drawing’s central relationship.

John Singleton Copley made the study in 1800–1802 for The Knatchbull Family. Black chalk, white heightening and graphite on dark blue paper provide contrasting means of describing form. Unlike a completed group portrait, this sheet gives one sitter sustained attention, retaining the exploratory marks and measured divisions that belong to the process of arranging a figure within a larger composition.

Read our guide to giclée prints or browse the John Singleton Copley collection.