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Venice - lagoon looking towards Santa Maria della Salute and the opening of the Grand Canal

Maker

(artist)
1800-1899

Style of
(artist)
1775-1851

Title

Venice - lagoon looking towards Santa Maria della Salute and the opening of the Grand Canal

Medium

watercolour with small areas of scratching out on wove paper

Dimensions

Height: 24.8 cm
Width: 31.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1967.WS.110

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

Horace Bernard Milling (1898-1954); by descent to his widow Mrs Mary Spooner and her second husband, William Wycliffe Spooner, Ilkley (1882-1967); Spooner Bequest 1967

Exhibition History

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 William Spooner Collection and Bequest, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1974

English Watercolours: The Spooner Collection and Bequest, City Art Gallery, Bristol, 11/05/1973-02/06/1973 ...More

Venice Rediscovered, Wildenstein Gallery, London, 08/11/1972-15/12/1972

The William Spooner Collection and Bequest, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/04/1968-01/07/1968 ...Less

Literature

The Spooner Collection of British Watercolours, Courtauld Institute Galleries; Huntington Library; Wordsworth Trust, 2005-06
cat. no. 91
ill. on p. 240

The William Spooner Collection and Bequest, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1974
cat. no. 39

English Watercolours: The Spooner Collection and Bequest, City Art Gallery, Bristol, 1973
cat. no. 61 ...More

Troutman, Philip, 'The Evocation of Atmosphere in the English Water-colour' in Apollo, July 1968
p. 55
pl. VIII

The William Spooner Collection and Bequest, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1968
cat. no. 57
pl. IX ...Less

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