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York Minster from the South East

Maker

(artist)
1788-1833

Title

Date of Production

1821 - 1826

Medium

graphite, watercolour and bodycolour with scratching out on thick wove paper

Dimensions

Height: 20.9 cm
Width: 37.7 cm

Accession Number

D.2020.ST.16

Mode of Acquisition

The Spooner Charitable Trust, gift, 2020

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords

Label Text

A native of Durham, George Fennell Robson (1788-1833) first began exhibiting at the Royal Academy in 1807. He worked primarily as a draughtsman and watercolourist and served as president of the Society of Painters in Oil and Watercolour, where he was a frequent exhibitor, from 1819-1820.

The present watercolour depicts the city of York as seen from the south, with the Minster on the horizon. It is typical of Robson’s picturesque topographical watercolours.

Provenance

Sabin Gallery (London); purchased there by Walter Brandt (1902-1978), 1959; by descent until 2019; sale of that owner, Sotheby's (London), 20 September 2019, lot 639 (sold for £750); Guy Peppiatt Fine Art Gallery (London); purchased there by the Spooner Trust; Gift of the Spooner Charitable Trust, 2020

Exhibition History

Society of Painters in Water-colours, London, 1828

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Verso, lower centre, difficult to discern as only visible in raking light but likely "JAMES WHATMAN / 1821".

Collector's mark: Verso: lower right, stamped in black: unidentified collector (not found on Lugt - send them a photo), a circle containing human figure standing with arm on hip, a sword? protruding from his waist, 11.5 mm in diameter.

Inscription: Verso: centre, graphite: "York from from [sic] the S.E. / S. Robson"; right centre, graphite: "Woolnoth / 8 1/2 by."; right centre, graphite: "Whatman 1821 mark"; lower centre, graphite: "9 24/20"; lower left, graphite: "03509"; lower centre, graphite: "14 3/4 x 8 1/8"; lower right, graphite: "19 3/4 13 1/4 In"; lower right, graphite: "Woolnoth".

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