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Saint Botolph's Priory, Colchester

Maker

(artist)
1763-1804

Title

Saint Botolph's Priory, Colchester

Date of Production

1795

Medium

graphite, brown and grey wash and watercolour on wove paper, now laid down on Japanese tissue

Dimensions

Height: 26.7 cm
Width: 39.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1980.WS.38

Mode of Acquisition

Mary Spooner, gift, 1980

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords





Related Works

St. Botolph Priory, Essex

Label Text

Dayes was one of the most influential topographical draughtsmen of the eighteenth century. He produced numerous views of ruined ecclesiastical buildings, such as this Norman priory, which suited the British taste for picturesque ruins in this period. A rustic cottage erected against the intricately patterned façade, as well as the picturesque figure of a woman draping washing over a picket fence, illustrates how everyday life continues among ruins.

Provenance

Arthur Muschamp Robinson, Birkenhead (1837-1914); given by him to his daughter, Helena Frances Robinson (d. 1956), Christmas 1906 (and likely retained until her death, according to communication from a descendant - see Notes field and file); Corkhill and Job (Birkenhead); purchased there by J.A. Tooth (London); purchased there by Colnaghi (London) 22 January 1957; purchased there by William Wycliffe Spooner, Ilkley (1882-1967), 16 March 1959 (£80); by descent to his widow, Mrs Mary Spooner; Spooner Gift 1980

Exhibition History

Special Display - Building and Destruction - Architectural Imagery from the Courtauld's Drawings Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/10/2009-17/01/2010

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

Exhibition of Drawings and Watercolours from the Spooner and Witt Collections, Australia, New Zealand, 1976-78

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

English Landscape Drawings [catalogue not found], Rye Art Gallery, England, 1971

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

Old Master Drawings, Colnaghi, London, 30/05/1957-29/06/1957 ...Less

Literature

The Spooner Collection of British Watercolours, Courtauld Institute Galleries; Huntington Library; Wordsworth Trust, 2005-06
cat. no. 42
ill. on p. 157

The Northern Landscape. Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, The Drawing Center, New York; Courtauld Institute Galleries, 1986
no. 87
ill. on p. 199

The Northern Landscape: Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1986
cat. no. 87
ill. on p. 199 ...More

Conner, Patrick, Michael Angelo Rooker: 1746-1801, London, 1984
p. 82
fig. 40 on p. 81

English Landscape Drawings and Watercolours, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1979
cat. no. 36

Exhibition of Drawings and Watercolours from the Spooner and Witt Collections, Australia, New Zealand, 1976 - 1978
cat. no. 26
ill.

The William Spooner Collection and Bequest, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1974
cat. no. 29

English Watercolours: The Spooner Collection and Bequest, City Art Gallery, Bristol, 1973
cat. no. 21

Masters of the Watercolour - Watercolours from the Spooner Collection, Holburne Museum of Art, Bath, 1969
cat. no. 27

The William Spooner Collection and Bequest, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1968
cat. no. 29 ...Less

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower centre, brown ink, signed and dated: "Edw.d Dayes 1795".

Collector's mark: none.

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