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Portland Island

Maker

(artist)
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

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.

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