Bridge over a stream
Maker
(artist)
1747-1821
1747-1821
Title
Bridge over a stream
Date of Production
(circa) 1791
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, grey wash on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 17.6 cm
Width: 23.2 cm
Width: 23.2 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.440
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
Notes
Farington utilises the blank paper to evoke sunlit surfaces and reflections on the water. The use of wash to convey shadow, graphite for sketching, and pen and ink to delineate details in the brickwork and foliage, are all techniques shown in other works by the artist.
Provenance
F.R. Meatyard (London, active 1912-1964); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (3 shillings); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Joseph Farington: watercolour and drawings, Bolton Museum and Art Gallery; Hastings Museum and Art Gallery; Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 16/07/1977-03/12/1977
Literature
Joseph Farington: watercolour and drawings, Bolton Museum and Art Gallery; Hastings Museum and Art Gallery; Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1977
cat. no. 68
no. 68
Illus. p. 106
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 18
cat. no. 68
no. 68
Illus. p. 106
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 18
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: upper centre edge, fragment: bottom of a shield above letters "GR".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: throughout the drawing, artist’s colour notes in graphite, some illegible: upper left: “shade”; upper centre, with line drawn to crack in bridge: “Light through”; left of centre: “green / cement”; centre, below bridge: “lightest / part […]”. Verso: centre, graphite, Witt number: “440”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: throughout the drawing, artist’s colour notes in graphite, some illegible: upper left: “shade”; upper centre, with line drawn to crack in bridge: “Light through”; left of centre: “green / cement”; centre, below bridge: “lightest / part […]”. Verso: centre, graphite, Witt number: “440”.
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