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Trees at Bolton Bridge (recto)

Maker

(artist)
1798-1863

Title

Trees at Bolton Bridge (recto)

Date of Production

August-September 1851

Medium

wove
synthetic
pale grey-buff, recto

Dimensions

Height: 21.7 cm
Width: 15 cm

Accession Number

D.1954.AH.17.8

Mode of Acquisition

A.A.D. Harding, bequest, 1954

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords



Label Text

Harding undertook a tour of northern England shortly after the publication of Lessons on Trees. In this sketch of a stand of trees, he adheres faithfully to his own instructions to amateur draughtsmen: ‘The general roundness of the Tree depends on the Outline being made tender at the top and at the extremities, and becoming gradually darker, and exhibiting the leaves larger, towards the middle and lower parts of the tree…’

Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Exhibition History

Drawings Gallery Display - Regarding Trees, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 18/06/2016-25/09/2016

Inscriptions

Inscription: Bolton Bridge / Aug 21 / 51

Inscription: J. D H

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