House among trees
Maker
(artist)
1784-1849
1784-1849
Title
House among trees
Medium
traces of graphite, watercolour and bodycolour, with scratching out and some gum arabic, on heavy wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 32.7 cm
Width: 49.5 cm
Width: 49.5 cm
Accession Number
D.1967.WS.105
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
Provenance
perhaps Guy D. Harvey Samuel, London (1887-1960); his property exhibited at Fine Art Society’s (London) Spring 1960 selling exhibition, if correctly identified this one titled 'The Green Tree'; purchased there by Mr and Mrs William Wycliffe Spooner, Ilkley (1882-1967), 27 April 1960 (£475); Spooner Bequest 1967
Exhibition History
Fortieth exhibition - early English water-colours and drawings., Fine Art Society, London, 1960 (Spring)
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 ...More
English Landscape Drawing and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/05/1977-01/06/1977
Masters of the Watercolour - Watercolours from the Spooner
Collection, Holburne Museum of Art, Bath, 1969
English Water-Colours: Memorial Exhibition to William Wycliffe
Spooner, Harrogate, 1968 ...Less
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 ...More
English Landscape Drawing and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/05/1977-01/06/1977
Masters of the Watercolour - Watercolours from the Spooner
Collection, Holburne Museum of Art, Bath, 1969
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. 98
ill. on p. 243
Llewellyn, Briony, 'David Wilkie and John Frederick Lewis in Constantinople, 1840: an artistic dialogue' in 'Burlington Magazine', September 2003 - pp. 624-31; CXLV
p. 630fn43
Campbell, P., 'Wilkie in Constantinople' in 'Scottish Society of Art History', 2001; 6
p. 31 ...More
English Landscape Drawing and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1977
cat. no. 48
English Water-Colours: Memorial Exhibition to William Wycliffe Spooner, Harrogate, 1968
cat. no. 57 ...Less
cat. no. 98
ill. on p. 243
Llewellyn, Briony, 'David Wilkie and John Frederick Lewis in Constantinople, 1840: an artistic dialogue' in 'Burlington Magazine', September 2003 - pp. 624-31; CXLV
p. 630fn43
Campbell, P., 'Wilkie in Constantinople' in 'Scottish Society of Art History', 2001; 6
p. 31 ...More
English Landscape Drawing and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1977
cat. no. 48
English Water-Colours: Memorial Exhibition to William Wycliffe Spooner, Harrogate, 1968
cat. no. 57 ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Verso: right centre, graphite, modern hand: "Laid on mount / 1".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Verso: right centre, graphite, modern hand: "Laid on mount / 1".
Collector's mark: none.
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