View of a country house and lake (formerly 'The Thames looking towards Syon House')
Maker
(artist)
1714-1782
1714-1782
Title
View of a country house and lake (formerly 'The Thames looking towards Syon House')
Date of Production
(circa) 1755 - 1765
Medium
black chalk with stumping, white and red chalk and graphite on laid paper, now laid down on Japanese tissue
Dimensions
Height: 32.5 cm
Width: 52.9 cm
Width: 52.9 cm
Accession Number
D.1967.WS.102
Mode of Acquisition
William Wycliffe Spooner, bequest, 1967
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Label Text
Richard Wilson was the first major British artist to go to Italy, where, in the early 1750s, he produced idealised classical landscapes using compositional methods favoured by seventeenth-century artists such as Claude Lorrain and Gaspard Dughet. On his return to England he painted a number of views of country houses. This highly finished drawing of an unidentified estate would most probably have been done in the hopes of securing a commission for a painting.
Provenance
George Guy, Earl of Warwick (1818-1893), L.2600; his estate sale, Christie’s, 20-21 May 1896, lot 445 (as 'Landscape, with a river, and men fishing'); purchased there by Richards (? £10, with 3 others); Mr and Mrs William Wycliffe Spooner, Ilkley (1882-1967); Spooner Bequest 1967
Exhibition History
British Watercolours from the Spooner Collection, Huntington Museum and Art Gallery, Los Angeles, 12/02/2005-15/05/2005
British Watercolours from the Spooner Collection, Huntington Museum of Art, Los Angeles, 12/02/2005-15/05/2005; Wordsworth Trust, Grasmere, 18/07/2005-23/10/2005; Hermitage Rooms, Somerset House, London, 16/11/2005-12/02/2006
The Northern Landscape: Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 03/09/1986-30/11/1986; The Drawing Center, New York, 08/04/1986-26/07/1986 ...More
Mantegna to Cezanne - Master Drawings from the Courtauld, British Museum, London, 24/02/1983-19/06/1983
English Landscape Drawings and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/06/1979-01/09/1979
Exhibition of Drawings and Watercolours from the Spooner and Witt Collections, Australia, New Zealand, 1976-78
English Watercolours: The Spooner Collection and Bequest, City Art Gallery, Bristol, 11/05/1973-02/06/1973
English Landscape Drawings [catalogue not found], Rye Art Gallery, England, 1971
Masters of the Watercolour - Watercolours from the Spooner
Collection, Holburne Museum of Art, Bath, 1969
The William Spooner Collection and Bequest, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/04/1968-01/07/1968
English Water-Colours: Memorial Exhibition to William Wycliffe
Spooner, Harrogate, 1968 ...Less
British Watercolours from the Spooner Collection, Huntington Museum of Art, Los Angeles, 12/02/2005-15/05/2005; Wordsworth Trust, Grasmere, 18/07/2005-23/10/2005; Hermitage Rooms, Somerset House, London, 16/11/2005-12/02/2006
The Northern Landscape: Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 03/09/1986-30/11/1986; The Drawing Center, New York, 08/04/1986-26/07/1986 ...More
Mantegna to Cezanne - Master Drawings from the Courtauld, British Museum, London, 24/02/1983-19/06/1983
English Landscape Drawings and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/06/1979-01/09/1979
Exhibition of Drawings and Watercolours from the Spooner and Witt Collections, Australia, New Zealand, 1976-78
English Watercolours: The Spooner Collection and Bequest, City Art Gallery, Bristol, 11/05/1973-02/06/1973
English Landscape Drawings [catalogue not found], Rye Art Gallery, England, 1971
Masters of the Watercolour - Watercolours from the Spooner
Collection, Holburne Museum of Art, Bath, 1969
The William Spooner Collection and Bequest, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/04/1968-01/07/1968
English Water-Colours: Memorial Exhibition to William Wycliffe
Spooner, Harrogate, 1968 ...Less
Literature
The Spooner Collection of British Watercolours, Courtauld Institute Galleries; Huntington Library; Wordsworth Trust, 2005-06
cat. no. 4
ill. on p. 81
The Northern Landscape: Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1986
cat. no. 118
ill. on p. 259
Mantegna to Cezanne: Master Drawings from the Courtauld, British Museum, London, 1983
no. 96, p. 76
ill. on p. 95 ...More
English Landscape Drawings and Watercolours, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1979
cat. no. 8
Exhibition of Drawings and Watercolours from the Spooner and Witt Collections, Australia, New Zealand, 1976 - 1978
cat. no. 4
ill.
English Watercolours: The Spooner Collection and Bequest, City Art Gallery, Bristol, 1973
cat. no. 67
Masters of the Watercolour - Watercolours from the Spooner Collection, Holburne Museum of Art, Bath, 1969
cat. no. 81
English Water-Colours: Memorial Exhibition to William Wycliffe Spooner, Harrogate, 1968
cat. no. 1
The William Spooner Collection and Bequest, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1968
cat. no. 6 ...Less
cat. no. 4
ill. on p. 81
The Northern Landscape: Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1986
cat. no. 118
ill. on p. 259
Mantegna to Cezanne: Master Drawings from the Courtauld, British Museum, London, 1983
no. 96, p. 76
ill. on p. 95 ...More
English Landscape Drawings and Watercolours, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1979
cat. no. 8
Exhibition of Drawings and Watercolours from the Spooner and Witt Collections, Australia, New Zealand, 1976 - 1978
cat. no. 4
ill.
English Watercolours: The Spooner Collection and Bequest, City Art Gallery, Bristol, 1973
cat. no. 67
Masters of the Watercolour - Watercolours from the Spooner Collection, Holburne Museum of Art, Bath, 1969
cat. no. 81
English Water-Colours: Memorial Exhibition to William Wycliffe Spooner, Harrogate, 1968
cat. no. 1
The William Spooner Collection and Bequest, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1968
cat. no. 6 ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Recto, lower left corner: very small circle (see drawing in file).
Inscription: none.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower right corner, stamped in black: Earl of Warwick (L.2600).
Inscription: none.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower right corner, stamped in black: Earl of Warwick (L.2600).
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