Pegwell Bay

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Artist James Ward(British, 1769–1859)British, 1769–1859

CultureBritish

Titles

Pegwell Bay

Date1816

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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Department

Prints and Drawings

Special Collections

The Stuart Collection

Object Type

DRAWINGS, PASTELS & WATERCOLORS

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).

"Picturing Nature: The Stuart Collection of 18th- and 19th-Century British Landscapes and Beyond" The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, January 12–July 6, 2025
Published References Picturing Nature: The Stuart Collection of 18th and 19th-Century British Landscapes and Beyond (Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2025) pp. 102 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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