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Westminster Abbey, Henry VII Chapel

Maker

(artist)
1800-1899

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1775-1851

Title

Westminster Abbey, Henry VII Chapel

Date of Production

1800 - 1899

Medium

graphite, pen and grey and brown inks, watercolour and bodycolour with some scratching out and traces of pink and yellow chalk, on wove paper, laid down and all four edges made up on the support

Dimensions

Height: 44.1 cm
Width: 35 cm

Accession Number

D.1967.WS.95

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

Mr and Mrs 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

English Landscape Drawing and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/05/1977-01/06/1977 ...More

The William Spooner Collection and Bequest, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1974

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 ...Less

Literature

The Spooner Collection of British Watercolours, Courtauld Institute Galleries; Huntington Library; Wordsworth Trust, 2005-06
cat. no. 106
ill. on p. 246

English Landscape Drawing and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1977
cat. no. 21

The William Spooner Collection and Bequest, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1974
cat. no. 36 ...More

English Watercolours: The Spooner Collection and Bequest, City Art Gallery, Bristol, 1973
cat. no. 58

The William Spooner Collection and Bequest, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1968
cat. no. 49 ...Less

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Mount (removed): Recto: graphite: "J.M.W. Turner 1796. Westminster Abbey / A Watercolour Drawing of the Abbot Islip Chapel, Westminster Abbey by / Turner dated 1796 / & similar in treatment & size was exhibited at / the Burlington Fine Arts Club in 1919 from the Lloyd Collection. / A photograph may be seen in the Witt Library.”. Verso: upper left, graphite: "J.M.W. Turner. / Spooner coll."

Collector's mark: none.

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