Italianate (?) view with buildings
Maker
(artist)
1754-1759
1754-1759
Title
Italianate (?) view with buildings
Date of Production
(circa) 1757
Medium
graphite, brown wash and watercolour on laid paper, laid down on a historic mount with wash borders
Dimensions
Height: 19.3 cm
Width: 26.8 cm
Width: 26.8 cm
Accession Number
D.1967.WS.87
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
Label Text
Jonathan Skelton was one of the earliest of British watercolourists to work in Rome, arriving there in 1757. With its strange assortment of buildings, this imaginary Italianate view may have been inspired by Tivoli and its environs, where Skelton sketched after nature. Centrally placed trees divide the vista in two, their spindly trunks and speckled foliage a characteristic feature of his work.
Provenance
William Wycliffe Spooner, Ilkley (1882-1967); Spooner Bequest 1967
Exhibition History
British Watercolours from the Spooner Collection, Huntington Museum and Art Gallery, Los Angeles, 12/02/2005-15/05/2005
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 Northern Landscape: Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 03/09/1986-30/11/1986; The Drawing Center, New York, 08/04/1986-26/07/1986 ...More
English Landscape Drawings and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/06/1979-01/09/1979
English Landscape Drawing and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/05/1977-01/06/1977
English Watercolours: The Spooner Collection and Bequest, City Art Gallery, Bristol, 11/05/1973-02/06/1973
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
English Water-Colours: Memorial Exhibition to William Wycliffe
Spooner, Harrogate, 1968 ...Less
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 Northern Landscape: Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 03/09/1986-30/11/1986; The Drawing Center, New York, 08/04/1986-26/07/1986 ...More
English Landscape Drawings and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/06/1979-01/09/1979
English Landscape Drawing and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/05/1977-01/06/1977
English Watercolours: The Spooner Collection and Bequest, City Art Gallery, Bristol, 11/05/1973-02/06/1973
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
English Water-Colours: Memorial Exhibition to William Wycliffe
Spooner, Harrogate, 1968 ...Less
Literature
The Spooner Collection of British Watercolours, Courtauld Institute Galleries; Huntington Library; Wordsworth Trust, 2005-06
cat. no. 5
ill. on p. 83
The Northern Landscape. Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, The Drawing Center, New York; Courtauld Institute Galleries, 1986
no. 105
ill. on p. 235
The Northern Landscape: Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1986
cat. no. 105
ill. on p. 235 ...More
English Landscape Drawings and Watercolours, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1979
cat. no. 5
English Landscape Drawing and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1977
cat. no. 2
English Watercolours: The Spooner Collection and Bequest, City Art Gallery, Bristol, 1973
cat. no. 49
Masters of the Watercolour - Watercolours from the Spooner Collection, Holburne Museum of Art, Bath, 1969
cat. no. 65
English Water-Colours: Memorial Exhibition to William Wycliffe Spooner, Harrogate, 1968
cat. no. 2
The William Spooner Collection and Bequest, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1968
cat. no. 1 ...Less
cat. no. 5
ill. on p. 83
The Northern Landscape. Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, The Drawing Center, New York; Courtauld Institute Galleries, 1986
no. 105
ill. on p. 235
The Northern Landscape: Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1986
cat. no. 105
ill. on p. 235 ...More
English Landscape Drawings and Watercolours, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1979
cat. no. 5
English Landscape Drawing and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1977
cat. no. 2
English Watercolours: The Spooner Collection and Bequest, City Art Gallery, Bristol, 1973
cat. no. 49
Masters of the Watercolour - Watercolours from the Spooner Collection, Holburne Museum of Art, Bath, 1969
cat. no. 65
English Water-Colours: Memorial Exhibition to William Wycliffe Spooner, Harrogate, 1968
cat. no. 2
The William Spooner Collection and Bequest, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1968
cat. no. 1 ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermarks: centre: ProPatria, but unable to see clearly due to support. Support: centre: “IV”.
Inscription: Mount (historic), Verso: upper right, graphite, partially erased: “Mount”; centre, graphite, large and underlined: “No 5”; lower right, graphite: “17 ¼ x 15”.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Mount (historic), Verso: upper right, graphite, partially erased: “Mount”; centre, graphite, large and underlined: “No 5”; lower right, graphite: “17 ¼ x 15”.
Collector's mark: none.
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