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Waterfall, Pistyll Rhaeadr

Maker

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1805-1881

Title

Waterfall, Pistyll Rhaeadr

Date of Production

1800 - 1899

Medium

watercolour and bodycolour on 2-ply textured wove paper, now laid down on Japanese tissue (Peter Bower, 28.06.2004: Palmer did use 2-ply paper but the surface of this is not typical).

Dimensions

Height: 35.8 cm
Width: 23.4 cm

Accession Number

D.1967.WS.69

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

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

Samuel Palmer and 'The Ancients', Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 09/10/1984-16/12/1984

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

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 ...Less

Literature

The Spooner Collection of British Watercolours, Courtauld Institute Galleries; Huntington Library; Wordsworth Trust, 2005-06
cat. no. 101
ill. on p. 244

English Watercolours: The Spooner Collection and Bequest, City Art Gallery, Bristol, 1973
cat. no. 37

Masters of the Watercolour - Watercolours from the Spooner Collection, Holburne Museum of Art, Bath, 1969
cat. no. 51
ill. ...More

The William Spooner Collection and Bequest, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1968
cat. no. 60
pl. XV ...Less

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Recto, upper right corner, cut off by edges and only upper half of letters visible: "J WHA[...]" (as in "J WHATMAN").

Inscription: Verso (slightly obscured by backing tissue): upper centre, graphite: "Samuel Palmer". Separate paper (now lost, previously mounted with the drawing, recorded in file): pen and ink: "Samuel Palmer".

Collector's mark: none.

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