ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN KEYSE SHERWIN (EAST DEAN 1751 - LONDON 1790)
Study of a couple in movement, bust length, the woman in three-quarters, the man in profile
black and red chalk, blue on paper
262 x 345 mm (10 1/3 x 13 1/2 in)

Bears inscription in pen and brown ink J. K. Sherwin / 1780

The present work is possibly one of the very few drawings by John Kayse Sherwin, engraver to King George III. His drawing technique however is recorded as 'in black and red chalk, and a mixture of colour with crayon, similar to those of Bartolozzi' when his drawing entitled The joys of life was exhibited at the Royal Academy (see Neil Jeffares, The Dictionary of pastellists before 1800, entry Sherwin).