Oak forest with a pig

Anonymous, British, 19th century British

Former Attribution Formerly attributed to John Baptist Malchair British

early 19th century

Not on view

British nineteenth-century viewers would have recognized these mature oaks as symbols of sturdy national character and, more concretely, a resource crucial to the country's famous "wooden walls"--the navy that protected the coasts. This composition by an unknown draftsman recalls precedents by the Dutch artist Antoine Waterloo (1609-1690), and the soft draftsmanship indicates a possible connection to the Oxford drawing master John Malchair (ca. 1770-1812). A pig searching for acorns in the foreground adds a note of whimsy.

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Title: Oak forest with a pig
Artist: Anonymous, British, 19th century
Former Attribution: Formerly attributed to John Baptist Malchair (British, Cologne 1731–1812 Oxford)
Date: early 19th century
Medium: Black and white chalk on gray paper
Dimensions: sheet: 14 3/4 x 20 1/4 in. (37.4 x 51.4 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Gift of Robert Tuggle, 2008
Object Number: 2008.651.3
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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