James Ward
Pegwell Bay

ArtistBritish, 1769–1859
CultureBritish
Titles
  • Pegwell Bay
Date1816
Place depictedEngland
Place depictedEurope
Place depictedEngland
MediumWatercolor and graphite on wove paper
DimensionsSheet: 7 × 10 in. (17.8 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineThe Stuart Collection, museum purchase funded by Francita Stuart Koelsch Ulmer, in honor of Verneen and Madison Woodward
Object number2016.2
Non exposé

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ProvenanceIolo Williams collection; sale, [Christie’s London, Important English Drawings and Watercolours, July 14, 1987, lot 180]; [Martyn Gregory, London, by 1987]; purchased by MFAH, 2015.
Exhibition HistoryDrawings by James Ward 1769-1859, on the occasion of the 150th Anniversary of the Artist's Death, W.S. Fine Art/Andrew Wyld, London, 2009, cat. 6 (exh. cat. by Edward J. Nygren and Susan Sloman).
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Initialed in pen and brown ink, lower left: JWQ RA [possibly]
On mount, Recto: Inscribed in graphite, lower left: VE 347
On mount, Verso: Inscribed in graphite, bottom center right: 25 / W 132 / 44 / 1/- [upside down]
On mount, Verso: Inscribed in graphite, top left corner: 170
Recto: Initialed in pen and brown ink, lower left: JWQ RA [?]
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