Smailholm Tower and Sandyknowe Farm
Maker
(artist)
1775-1851
1775-1851
Title
Smailholm Tower and Sandyknowe Farm
Date of Production
1838
Medium
graphite, watercolour, pen and red and brown ink on board (Bristol or London)
Dimensions
Height: 32.2 cm
Width: 26 cm
Width: 26 cm
Accession Number
D.2007.DS.48
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
Provenance
son-in-law and biographer of Sir Walter Scott, John Gibson Lockhart (1794-1854), 1838; Thomas E. Plint (1823-1861); his estate sale, Christie's (London), 7 March 1862, lot 171; purchased there by Smith (?); Hugh A.J. Munro, Novar (1797-1864); his estate sale, Christie's (London), 2 June 1877, lot 1; purchased there by Wallis (?); John Feetham; his sale, Christie's (London), 27 May 1895, lot 114; purchased there by H. Quilter; Charles Wheeley Lea (1827-1898); his wife, Amy Mary Wheeley Lea, Parkside (1833-1916); her estate sale, Christie's (London), 11 May 1917, lot 37; purchased there by Thomas Agnew & Sons (London); purchased there by Rt. Hon. Charles P. Allen, 1917; Walter F. Morice; his sale, Christie's (London), 12 May 1922, lot 63; purchased there by Martin (?); J & W Vokins (London); I.M. Stewart; his sale, Sotheby's (Gleneagles), 31 August 1967, lot 16; purchased there by Thomas Agnew & Sons (London); purchased there by a private collector; purchased from them by Thomas Agnew & Sons (London); purchased there by Miss Dorothy Scharf, London (1942-2004), 1973; Scharf Bequest 2007
Exhibition History
Paths to Fame - Turner's Watercolour Landscapes, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 30/10/2008-25/01/2009
Paths to Fame - Turner's Watercolour Landscapes, Wordsworth Trust, Grasmere, England, 16/07/2008-12/10/2008
Turner's Vignettes, Tate Gallery, London, 29/09/1993-23/01/1994
Paths to Fame - Turner's Watercolour Landscapes, Wordsworth Trust, Grasmere, England, 16/07/2008-12/10/2008
Turner's Vignettes, Tate Gallery, London, 29/09/1993-23/01/1994
Literature
Paths to Fame: Turner Watercolours from The Courtauld Gallery, Wordsworth Trust; Courtauld Gallery, 2008-2009
no. 24
ill.on p. 125
Finley, Gerald, Landscapes of Memory: Turner as illustrator to Scott, London, 1980
p. 150
fig. 65, pl. 43
Wilton, Andrew, The life and work of J.M.W. Turner, London, 1979
no. 1071?
Courtauld ex. cat. says this drawing is not in Wilton, may refer to another Smailholm drawing
no. 24
ill.on p. 125
Finley, Gerald, Landscapes of Memory: Turner as illustrator to Scott, London, 1980
p. 150
fig. 65, pl. 43
Wilton, Andrew, The life and work of J.M.W. Turner, London, 1979
no. 1071?
Courtauld ex. cat. says this drawing is not in Wilton, may refer to another Smailholm drawing
Inscriptions
Inscription: none.
Collector's mark: none.
Watermark: Repeated at Recto upper left and upper right: SLADE / 1836 .
Collector's mark: none.
Watermark: Repeated at Recto upper left and upper right: SLADE / 1836 .
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