c. 1752
Description
A pencil, pen and watercolour drawing of a woman in a bonnet holding a baby playing with a backgammon board. A man is seated on the right. Inscribed at lower right in a later hand, also appearing on later mounts in the collection, 'del 1752'. Inscribed on the verso in pen and brown ink in a later hand, 'The Old Nurse with William Adam, (son of John Adam) a famous speaker in the House of Commons, and his Uncle John Clarke noted for many fine Etching of views in Scotland, drawn in the year 1752'. Inscribed below in pencil, 'J Clarke' and numbered 36. William Adam, son of the architect John Adam of Kinross, was born on August 2 1751. He became MP for Gatton in 1774. John Clerk, of Eldin (1728-1812) was noted as an amateur etcher from 1770, and a friend of Sandby from his time in Scotland. The two corresponded on artistic matters (see M. Hardie, Print Collector's Quarterley, XX, 1933, 62). John Clerk married Susannah Adam, William's aunt, in 1753. Another watercolour drawing by Sandby in a similar style, dating from his early years in Scotland, is RCIN 914407.
Descriptive Medium: 'Pencil, pen and ink and watercolour', 'pencil, pen and ink', 'watercolour painting'
Image Licence
All Rights Reserved
Image Credit
© Royal Collection Trust
Location
London, England
Country
England
Tags
Category
People & Society
