View of the River Ure at Newby

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Maker

(artist)
1751-1821

Title

View of the River Ure at Newby

Date of Production

1794

Medium

Watercolour and opaque watercolour over graphite on wove paper, laid down on a secondary support with a pen and wash border

Dimensions

Height: 27 cm
Width: 45.2 cm

Object Number

D.2026.MB.9

Mode of Acquisition

Michael Broughton, gift, 2026

Credit

Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust). Michael Broughton bequest, 2026

Label Text

A delicate glow suffuses this serene river landscape. Lister skilfully used colour to create a sense of depth through the contrast between the dark ranks of trees in the foreground and the misty blue of the woods in the middle ground and distance.

Although Lister is not known to have exhibited after 1784, she regularly shared her work with friends and family. The inscription on the mount records her gift of this watercolour to the friend on whose estate, Newby Hall, she painted it.

Inscriptions

Inscription: Inscribed, secondary support, recto, "Harriet Lister 1794 -" (lower left, light brown ink, by the artist); verso, "View of the River Eure* at Newby / HL. 1794 - / For M.rs Wedell [presumably Elisabeth (nee Ramsden), widow of William Weddell MP of Newby Hall]" (lower left, brown ink, by the artist); "*Ure, or Yore, for I find / all these spellings - " (lower left, graphite, very faint, by the artist); "95811 / 931 / 1558" (lower right, graphite, all numbers circled). Historic mount (now removed), inner recto: lower right, graphite: "S1558"; verso: upper right, graphite: "listed for Dec / to photo + insc. verso" (both accompanied by check marks in boxes, one graphite, in green crayon); upper right, graphite: "LISTER"; lower right, all graphite: "034162"; "Broughton F12 + viv. / + photo of vero [sic]"; lower right, graphite: "483" (enclosed in a square); "95811" (circled).

Provenance

Private collection; Abbott & Holder, London, 2017, 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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