Interior of the Pump Room, Bath
Maker
(artist)
1750-1818
1750-1818
Title
Interior of the Pump Room, Bath
Date of Production
1792
Medium
graphite, pen and grey ink, watercolour with touches of red bodycolour and gum arabic, on wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 37 cm
Width: 52 cm
Width: 52 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3681
Mode of Acquisition
Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
pump rooms
Provenance
anonymous sale, Sotheby's (London), 21 February 1945, lot 40; purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952) (£26); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Regency Exhibition, Brighton, 1951
Literature
Hayes, John, Rowlandson: Watercolours and Drawings, London, 1972
p. 48
fig. 44 on p. 48
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 37
William, Iolo A., Early English Watercolours, London: The Connoisseur, 1952
p. 144
p. 48
fig. 44 on p. 48
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 37
William, Iolo A., Early English Watercolours, London: The Connoisseur, 1952
p. 144
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Recto, right edge: "J WHATMAN".
Inscription: Recto: within the drawing, brown ink, upper centre with marble statue in niche “BATH / HOSPITAL”; within the drawing, brown ink, on sheets of paper held by male figures, at right of centre “PARIS” and near right lower edge “ARRIV…”; within the drawing on sheet at lower right corner, brown ink “BATH JOURNAL”; lower right edge, brown ink, signed and dated by the artist: “J. Nixon 1792”. Verso: upper centre edge, graphite, partially erased and difficult to read: “Drg Hasarde drawing paper out [?]”; centre, graphite: “Interior of old / Pump room / Bath.”.
Label: John Nixon//Old Pump Room//Exhibited Brighton 1951
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: within the drawing, brown ink, upper centre with marble statue in niche “BATH / HOSPITAL”; within the drawing, brown ink, on sheets of paper held by male figures, at right of centre “PARIS” and near right lower edge “ARRIV…”; within the drawing on sheet at lower right corner, brown ink “BATH JOURNAL”; lower right edge, brown ink, signed and dated by the artist: “J. Nixon 1792”. Verso: upper centre edge, graphite, partially erased and difficult to read: “Drg Hasarde drawing paper out [?]”; centre, graphite: “Interior of old / Pump room / Bath.”.
Label: John Nixon//Old Pump Room//Exhibited Brighton 1951
Collector's mark: none.
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