Beaulieu
Maker
(artist)
1819-1916
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
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
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
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”.
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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