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This drawing is a study for Richard Redgrave’s oil painting <em>Country Cousins</em>, a modern life subject in which class conflict is played out in a domestic interior. In the painting, a rural family calls upon their wealthy relations and is met with sneering condescension. The youngest figure in the composition, a country boy in profile with downcast eyes, is the subject of this acutely observed drawing, exquisitely rendered in black and red chalk with white highlights.
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Document identity
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169220
label
Study for "Country Cousins"
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drawing
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169220
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drawing
title
Study for "Country Cousins"
description
This drawing is a study for Richard Redgrave’s oil painting <em>Country Cousins</em>, a modern life subject in which class conflict is played out in a domestic interior. In the painting, a rural family calls upon their wealthy relations and is met with sneering condescension. The youngest figure in the composition, a country boy in profile with downcast eyes, is the subject of this acutely observed drawing, exquisitely rendered in black and red chalk with white highlights.
date
c. 1847–48
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q80076192
creators
5940
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Drawing
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Sheet: 37.5 x 27 cm (14 3/4 x 10 5/8 in.)
cul
England, 19th century
accession
2011.127
Source extras
tec
black, red, and white chalk
tombstone
Study for "Country Cousins", c. 1847–48. Richard Redgrave (British, 1804–1888). Black, red, and white chalk; sheet: 37.5 x 27 cm (14 3/4 x 10 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Dr. Paul J. Vignos Jr., 2011.127
supportMaterials
description
thick gray wove paper
collection
DR - British
inscriptions
inscription
inscribed, in graphite, at upper right: Save 1/1
didYouKnow
The subject matter of Richard Redgrave's paintings was shaped by his impoverished upbringing, the deaths of his mother and sister, and the burden of responsibility for debt-collecting for his father's precarious manufacturing business.
citations
citation
Lemonedes, Heather. <em>British Drawings: The Cleveland Museum of Art. </em>Exh. Cat. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2013.
page_number
Mentioned: pp. 30-31, 148, no. 30; Reproduced: p. 31
creditline
Bequest of Dr. Paul J. Vignos Jr.
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2026-05-29 08:41:37.727000
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169220
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Drawings
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DR - British
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black, red, and white chalk
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male
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1
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0
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photo
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