Hardwick Hall
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Image: Courtauld
Image: Courtauld
Maker
(artist)
1751-1821
1751-1821
Title
Hardwick Hall
Date of Production
4 July 1792
Medium
Graphite, watercolour and opaque watercolour on wove paper, laid down on a secondary support of laid paper, irregularly trimmed
Dimensions
Height: 18.1 cm
Width: 26.5 cm
Width: 26.5 cm
Object Number
D.2026.MB.8
Mode of Acquisition
Michael Broughton, gift, 2026
Credit
Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust). Michael Broughton bequest, 2026
Location
Not currently on display
Inscriptions
Watermark: J WHATMAN
Inscription: Inscribed, recto, "Hardwicke Castle July / 4 92" (upper right, graphite, by the artist); secondary support, recto, "Tour in 1792 / Book 1, Page 8 -" (centre right, graphite, by the artist); "Hardwicke Castle Derbyshire - July 4, 1792" (lower centre, graphite); "44" (lower right, graphite, circled); verso, "July 1792" (centre left, graphite); "07558 / 85092 / 65" (lower right, graphite, each number circled). Historic mount, verso of inner cover: graphite, hidden under tape: "65 BLUE STR"; recto of back cover, graphite: "BLUESTR / 65"; verso of back cover: all lower right, graphite: "BROUGHTON / F11"; "297" (enclosed in square); "arriving / 10/4"; "15/1 / M. Broughton / res end 19/1" (all crossed out); "85092" (circled).
Inscription: Inscribed, recto, "Hardwicke Castle July / 4 92" (upper right, graphite, by the artist); secondary support, recto, "Tour in 1792 / Book 1, Page 8 -" (centre right, graphite, by the artist); "Hardwicke Castle Derbyshire - July 4, 1792" (lower centre, graphite); "44" (lower right, graphite, circled); verso, "July 1792" (centre left, graphite); "07558 / 85092 / 65" (lower right, graphite, each number circled). Historic mount, verso of inner cover: graphite, hidden under tape: "65 BLUE STR"; recto of back cover, graphite: "BLUESTR / 65"; verso of back cover: all lower right, graphite: "BROUGHTON / F11"; "297" (enclosed in square); "arriving / 10/4"; "15/1 / M. Broughton / res end 19/1" (all crossed out); "85092" (circled).
Provenance
Abbott & Holder, London 1986; private collection, Warwickshire; Bonhams, Knowle, 17 November 2009, lot 141 (as Amos Green); Abbott & Holder, London, where acquired by Michael Broughton (1944-2026), Watford; Michael Broughton bequest, 2026
Exhibition History
A View of One's Own, Landscapes by British Women Artists, 1760-1860, Courtauld Gallery, London, 28/01/2026-20/05/2026
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