Landscape with trees - Windsor Park (?)
Maker
(artist)
1703-1772
1703-1772
Title
Landscape with trees - Windsor Park (?)
Date of Production
1703 - 1772
Medium
graphite, grey wash and watercolour on laid paper with brown ink framing lines
Dimensions
Height: 22.6 cm
Width: 31.7 cm
Width: 31.7 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4488
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
Taverner’s experimental use of watercolour was influenced by the structural composition of Italian and Dutch oil paintings. He also worked for the ecclesiastical Arches Court in London, allowing him to earn a living separate to his artistic production.
Provenance
Leonard G. Duke, London (1890-1971); Max de Beer (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
English Landscape Drawings and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/06/1979-01/09/1979
English Landscape Drawing and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/05/1977-01/06/1977
English Landscape Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/01/1965-01/05/1965 ...More
Englische Aquarelle, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie, and China, 1963-64 ...Less
English Landscape Drawing and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/05/1977-01/06/1977
English Landscape Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/01/1965-01/05/1965 ...More
Englische Aquarelle, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie, and China, 1963-64 ...Less
Literature
English Landscape Drawings and Watercolours, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1979
cat. no. 3
English Landscape Drawing and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1977
cat. no. 1
English Landscape Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965
cat. no. 3 ...More
Exhibition of British water-colour painting during three centuries, China, 1963
no. 5
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, 1963-64, Englische Aquarelle
unpag.
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 50 ...Less
cat. no. 3
English Landscape Drawing and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1977
cat. no. 1
English Landscape Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965
cat. no. 3 ...More
Exhibition of British water-colour painting during three centuries, China, 1963
no. 5
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, 1963-64, Englische Aquarelle
unpag.
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 50 ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: centre: Strasburg bend and lily (closest match is Heawood 71, though Heawood is smaller - Amsterdam 1718-21).
Inscription: Verso: upper right, graphite, underlined: “View / near / Windsor”. Mount (removed, recorded in file), Verso: graphite, L.G. Duke's hand: “D 1002/ William Taverner 1703-1772 / LGD”.
Inscription: Verso: upper right, graphite, underlined: “View / near / Windsor”. Mount (removed, recorded in file), Verso: graphite, L.G. Duke's hand: “D 1002/ William Taverner 1703-1772 / LGD”.
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