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Artists›Sawrey Gilpin

Sawrey Gilpin

British, 1733–1807

WA-00049054

Carlisle, UK

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Authority Records (1)

WikidataQ7428677

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Is PublishedManual· 100%✓
Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓

Source Registry (2)

Aichttps://www.artic.edu/artists/9729
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred95%
Artsy (bulk)https://www.artsy.net/artist/sawrey-gilpin
Tier 1 · Institutional85%

About

Why this artist matters now

Sawrey Gilpin was an English animal painter, illustrator, and etcher who specialised in paintings of horses and dogs. He was made a Royal Academician.

Source: Aic · Trust score: 95% · Updated 9d ago

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Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (8)

Broodmares and Colts in a Landscape

1783 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 629 x 749 mm frame: 818 x 942 x 85 mm

Tate

Four Oval Compositions

1775 · pen and brown ink with gray and yellow washes over graphite on laid paper

sheet: 19 × 13.2 cm (7 1/2 × 5 3/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Scottish Landscape

1770 · Brush and gray wash with touches of brown ink, over graphite, on cream wove card

12.8 × 20 cm (5 1/16 × 7 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Study of a Group of Goats

Pen and ink and graphite on paper

support: 72 x 148 mm

Tate

A Horse and Two Cows near a Farm Building

Pen and ink and graphite on paper

support: 113 x 146 mm

Tate

Composition Study of Cows in a Stream with Wooded Banks

Ink wash, pen and ink and graphite on paper

support: 103 x 155 mm

Tate

A Horse and Two Cows near a Farm Building

Graphite and watercolour on paper

support: 113 x 146 mm

Tate

A Wild Boar Attacked by Hounds

Graphite on paper

support: 203 x 278 mm

Tate

Artwork sources (3)

8 published of 24 catalogued · 24 with image

Tate
6 published6 img
Art Institute Chicago
1 publishedof 17 catalogued17 img
Nga
1 published1 img

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6 entries · 1 sources

Composition Study of Cows in a Stream with Wooded Banks
— · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
A Horse and Two Cows near a Farm Building
— · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
A Horse and Two Cows near a Farm Building
— · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
A Wild Boar Attacked by Hounds
— · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Study of a Group of Goats
— · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Broodmares and Colts in a Landscape
1783 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Art Institute of Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago

Landscape with Horses in Foreground (n.d.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art Tate

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Art Institute of Chicago

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National Gallery of Art

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