Caricature Sketch of a Man in Top-Hat and Great-Coat, Carrying a Fishing Rod
About this artwork
In 1879 Guthrie, Walton and Crawhall spent the summer at Rosneath on the Clyde coast. This was the first of a number of trips they made sketching in the countryside. They chose to concentrate on depicting scenes of everyday life such as country lanes, field workers and cabbage patches. The artists’ close relationship is apparent in their letters to each other, which are illustrated with anecdotal tales and comical sketches. This little caricature is the result of a drawing game that the artists would often play called “Heads, Bodies and Legs”. Each artist would draw a segment of the body and then would turn over the sheet so that the next person could not see the image that had gone before. This one is of a strangely proportioned man wearing a top-hat and great-coat, carrying a fishing rod.
Updated before 2020
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artist:Sir James Guthrie (1859 - 1930) Scottish
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title:Caricature Sketch of a Man in Top-Hat and Great-Coat, Carrying a Fishing Rod
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date created:Unknown
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materials:Pencil on paper
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measurements:22.70 x 15.70 cm
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credit line:Sir James Lewis Caw Bequest 1951
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accession number:D 4801 L
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Sir James Guthrie
Sir James Guthrie
Guthrie became one of the leading painters in the group of artists called the Glasgow Boys. His early works of rural subjects painted with broad square brush strokes show the strong influence of French painters such as Bastien-Lepage. Guthrie was born in Greenock and trained as a lawyer before...