Artist
Edward Dayes(British, 1763–1804)British, 1763–1804
CultureEnglish
Titles
- Skellingfell on the Island of Stromoe, Faroe Islands
Date1789
Place depictedFaroe Islands, Denmark
Made inUnited Kingdom
MediumWatercolor over graphite and ink
DimensionsSheet: 18 1/2 × 21 5/8 in. (47 × 55 cm)
Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.2015.3
Non exposé
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Department
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Exhibition HistoryLondon, Leger Galleries, English Watercolours, May 1965, cat. no. 4 (£350); London, Lowell Libson Ltd, Watercolours and Drawings 18th and 19th Centuries, 2005, no.5.
London, Lowell Libson Ltd, British Watercolours, 2014, no. 11.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed on mount: Skellingfell [sic] in the Island of Stromoe Faroe
Islands 2000 feet above the sea. the highest mountain in the sky
Islands 2000 feet above the sea. the highest mountain in the sky
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