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ArtistBritish, 1784–1849
CultureBritish
Titles
  • Alfriston, Sussex
Datec. 1830s–1840s
Place depictedAlfriston, England
MediumWatercolor over graphite on wove paper
DimensionsSheet: 7 1/2 × 21 1/16 in. (19.1 × 53.5 cm)
Credit LineThe Stuart Collection, museum purchase funded by Francita Stuart Koelsch Ulmer in honor of Michael Dale, and Rodney C. and Mary Koenig
Object number2016.202
Non exposé

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Provenance[Sotheby’s, London, The British Sale: Early Paintings, Drawings, and Watercolours, November 30, 2000, lot 300 (as “from various properties”)]; [Bill Thomson (1933?–2023), London, by 2015]; [his sale, Sotheby’s, London, Old Master and British Works on Paper, July 5, 2016, lot 314]; purchased by MFAH, 2016.
Exhibition History"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 London, Society of Painters in water-colours (1848). London, Agnew’s, Annual English Watercolour Exhibition (1990). London, Andrew Wyld, Peter de Wint 1784-1849, Colourist and Countryman (2005). Picturing Nature: The Stuart Collection of 18th and 19th-Century British Landscapes and Beyond (Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2025) pp. 150 Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
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Verso: Watermark, right edge: J WHATMAN / 1829 [bottom to top]
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