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Gnarled Tree Trunk

Maker

(artist)
1798-1863

Title

Gnarled Tree Trunk

Date of Production

August - September 1861

Medium

wove

Dimensions

Height: 8.4 cm
Width: 17.4 cm

Accession Number

D.1954.AH.26.6

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 was best known during his lifetime as the author of influential drawing manuals notable for their focus on landscape, including Lessons on Trees (1850). A prolific draughtsman, twenty-nine of his sketchbooks are held in The Courtauld’s collection. The tree shown here was drawn on a tour of Scotland. Although it appears an accurate record of a specific tree, Harding seems most concerned with its formal qualities, studying the fall of light and shade on the tree’s multiple trunks.

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: Inscribed in graphite : Lower right and recto : Drumlanrig / Aug 30. 1861

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