Alfriston, Sussex

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Artist Peter De Wint(British, 1784–1849)British, 1784–1849

CultureBritish

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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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Department

Prints and Drawings

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The Stuart Collection

Object Type

DRAWINGS, PASTELS & WATERCOLORS

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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