Portland Island
Maker
(artist)
1749-1831
1749-1831
Title
Portland Island
Date of Production
1749 - 1831
Medium
graphite and watercolour on wove paper, laid down on a historic mount
Dimensions
Height: 13 cm
Width: 21.9 cm
Width: 21.9 cm
Accession Number
D.2007.DS.37
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
Notes
As a ‘colourist’, Smith's use of watercolour is characteristically warm and saturated.
Provenance
Mrs J.B. Priestley; her sale, Thomas Agnew & Sons (London), January - February 1973; probably purchased there by Miss Dorothy Scharf, London (1942-2004); Scharf Bequest 2007
Exhibition History
100th Annual Exhibition of Watercolours and Drawings, Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, 15/01/1973-16/02/1973
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Support (historic), Recto: upper left corner, graphite: “680”; lower centre margin, brown ink, located: “Portland Island.”. Support (historic), Verso: left upper edge, graphite, crossed out: “4714”; upper left, graphite: “1253”.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Support (historic), Recto: upper left corner, graphite: “680”; lower centre margin, brown ink, located: “Portland Island.”. Support (historic), Verso: left upper edge, graphite, crossed out: “4714”; upper left, graphite: “1253”.
Collector's mark: none.
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