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Postillion

Maker

Forgery in the manner of
(artist)
1757-1827

Title

Postillion

Date of Production

1900 - 1999

Medium

graphite, pen and grey ink, watercolour on laid paper, laid down on a historic support

Dimensions

Height: 20.1 cm
Width: 30.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1967.WS.81

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

June Carlyle-Clarke, Dorset (1920-2008); purchased from her by Colnaghi (London), 8 November 1957; purchased there by William Wycliffe Spooner, Ilkley (1882-1967), 13 November 1957, for £130; 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 Watercolours: The Spooner Collection and Bequest, City Art Gallery, Bristol, 11/05/1973-02/06/1973

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

Literature

The Spooner Collection of British Watercolours, Courtauld Institute Galleries; Huntington Library; Wordsworth Trust, 2005-06
cat. no. 85
ill. on p. 238

Gainsborough and Rowlandson: drawings in Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, Birmingham City Museums and Art Gallery; Gainsborough's House, Sudbury, Suffolk; Holburne Museum, Bath, 1990
under no. 41

English Watercolours: The Spooner Collection and Bequest, City Art Gallery, Bristol, 1973
cat. no. 45 ...More

The William Spooner Collection and Bequest, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1968
cat. no. 41
pl. VII

Early English watercolours, City Art Gallery, Leeds, 1958
cat. no. 80 ...Less

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: lower centre: large circle with an outer border formed of double lines and an inner border formed of double lines, but unable to see what it contains due to support. Support (historic), centre: Strasburg bend above "G R" [no exact match found but see Heawood 103 (1777), 105 (1781?), 107 (1768), 108 (1788) and 110 (London 1789)]. Same watermark or a variant be GR (for C.V. Gerrevink); these letters are on the Birmingham Museum copy of the same drawing - perhaps has a bearing on authenticity of this drawing?

Inscription: Verso: lower right edge, graphite, Colnaghi number: "A. 22383 TSL".

Collector's mark: none.

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