'Lans Le Bourg'
Maker
(artist)
1791-1875
1791-1875
Title
'Lans Le Bourg'
Date of Production
1817
Medium
Graphite, pen and brown and black ink, brush and brown wash on wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 114 cm
Width: 197 cm
Width: 197 cm
Accession Number
D.2022.ST.16
Mode of Acquisition
The Spooner Charitable Trust, gift, 2022
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Label Text
A talented amateur artist, Elizabeth Batty drew these finely observed views of the French Alps while undertaking a tour of France and Italy with her father in 1817. Remarkable for their delicate detail and subtle use of wash, they form part of a group of 44 drawings that were engraved and published to critical acclaim in London in 1820.
Batty's marriage in 1822 brought her artistic career to a premature end. The Italian tour drawings - the only ones by her hand that survive - have only recently been rediscovered.
Batty's marriage in 1822 brought her artistic career to a premature end. The Italian tour drawings - the only ones by her hand that survive - have only recently been rediscovered.
Provenance
Robert Braithwaite Martineau (1826-1849) and Edward Henry Martineau (1825-1901), children of Batty and Philip Martineau (1791-1860); then by descent; Bonhams, Knightsbridge, 20 March 2019 (lot 44), where incorrectly attributed to Edward Henry Martineau; purchased there by Abbott and Holder; sold to the Spooner Trust in 2021
Exhibition History
From the Baroque to Today: New Acquisitions of Works on Paper, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 23/02/2024-27/05/2024
Literature
Italian Scenery from Drawings made in 1817 by Miss Batty, Rodwell & Martin, 1820
Len Kling, ‘Wood’s Italian Scenery: Database Discoveries – Contribution #3’, Transferware Collectors Club newsletter, June 2012
Len Kling, ‘Wood’s Italian Scenery: Database Discoveries – Contribution #3’, Transferware Collectors Club newsletter, June 2012
Inscriptions
Mount (removed): Recto: lower centre right, pencil: "52942". Verso: lower right, pencil: "97423"
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