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Beaulieu

Maker

(artist)
1819-1916

Title

Beaulieu

Date of Production

1891

Medium

graphite, watercolour on wove paper, laid down

Dimensions

Height: 37.5 cm
Width: 54.9 cm

Accession Number

D.1967.WS.54

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

Mrs K. Grubb (?); purchased from her by Colnaghi (London), 7 February 1957; purchased there by William Wycliffe Spooner, Ilkley (1882-1967), 12 February 1957 (£110); 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

English Water-Colours: Memorial Exhibition to William Wycliffe
Spooner
, Harrogate, 1968

Literature

The Spooner Collection of British Watercolours, Courtauld Institute Galleries; Huntington Library; Wordsworth Trust, 2005-06
cat. no. 104
ill. on p. 245

English Water-Colours: Memorial Exhibition to William Wycliffe Spooner, Harrogate, 1968
cat. no. 75

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Label: Removed, now in file: printed in black ink with information about the drawing added in blue ink: “TETE DE CHIEN À BEAULIEU. / WATERCOLOUR DRAWING BY HENRI JOSEPH HARPIGNIES. / (1819-1916) / signed + dated / [18].91. / + inscribed / P.&D. Colnaghi & Co. Ltd. / (ESTABLISHED 1760) / Experts, Valuers and Dealers / IN / Paintings, Drawings, Engravings, Etchings / BY THE / Old and Modern Masters. / 14, OLD BOND STREET, LONDON, W.1. / Telegrams: / COLNAGHI, PICCY, LONDON / Telephone: / HYDE PARK 1943-44. //”.

Collector's mark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, brown watercolour, signed and dated by the artist: “hj harpignies .91.”; lower right corner, brown watercolour, artist’s hand: “Beaulieu.”. Verso: upper centre edge, graphite: “La tete de chien. Vue prise à Beaulieu”; centre, graphite: “3173 / GC 827 / sold //”; lower left, graphite, under- and supra-lined: “57”; lower centre, grey ink: “o+b 3072”; lower right, graphite, Colnaghi number: “A 22004 EX”.

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