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Highland interior

Maker

(artist)
1805-1876

Title

Highland interior

Date of Production

1830 - 1832

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink, watercolour with some added gum arabic (now crazed in areas) and bodycolour on wove paper, with scratching out

Dimensions

Height: 26.4 cm
Width: 35.5 cm

Accession Number

D.2007.DS.28

Mode of Acquisition

Dorothy Scharf, bequest, 2007 (March)

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords

Label Text

Better known for his scenes of the Middle and Near East, J.F. Lewis gained early success as a painter of animals, using them as subjects for his Royal Academy exhibits in 1821 and 1823. This watercolour is the result of a Scottish tour made in 1830. Despite the presence of the man and boy, it is in the depiction of the dogs that Lewis’s interest seems to lie. His sketchy technique is combined with areas of sharply observed detailing, seen in the fur and distinct expressions of each dog, and with rich colouring throughout.

Provenance

Probably Sir Donald Currie by 1978; Christie's (London), 14 March 1997; purchased there by Agnew's Gallery (London); purchased there by Miss Dorothy Scharf, London (1942-2004) around 22 April 1998; Scharf Bequest 2007

Exhibition History

John Frederick Lewis: Facing Fame, Watts Gallery, Surrey, 09/07/2019-03/11/2019

British Watercolours from the Scharf Bequest, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 15/10/2008-01/01/2009

125th Annual Exhibition of Drawings and Watercolours, Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, 25/02/1998-20/03/1998

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Recto, along left edge: "J WHATMAN / TURKEY MILL".

Inscription: Verso: upper centre, brown ink, underlined: "No 16."; lower left, graphite, hard to read: "Griffith / [?]upl an surface nil".

Collector's mark: none.

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