Edward Dayes
"View of the Country to the North from the Hill above Thorshaven in the Island of Stromoe Faroe Islands"
Artist
Edward Dayes(British, 1763–1804)British, 1763–1804
CultureBritish
Titles
- "View of the Country to the North from the Hill above Thorshaven in the Island of Stromoe Faroe Islands"
Date1790
MediumWatercolor over pencil, pen, and ink
DimensionsImage: 10 1/16 × 13 5/8 in. (25.6 × 34.6 cm)
Sheet: 12 1/16 × 15 11/16 in. (30.7 × 39.8 cm)
Mat: 18 × 21 5/16 in. (45.7 × 54.2 cm)
Sheet: 12 1/16 × 15 11/16 in. (30.7 × 39.8 cm)
Mat: 18 × 21 5/16 in. (45.7 × 54.2 cm)
Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.2025.2
Non exposé
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Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Signed and dated in ink, below image, left bottom edge: Edwd Dayes - 1790 - [cursive]
Recto: Titeld in ink, below image, center bottom edge: View of the Country to the North from the Hill above Thorshaven in the Island of Stromoe, Faroe Islands. [cursive]
Recto: Signed in ink, below image, right bottom edge: Edw.d Dayes. [cursive]
Recto: Inscribed in ink, below image, right bottom edge: A
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, bottom left corner: [illegible] [cursive]
Recto: Titeld in ink, below image, center bottom edge: View of the Country to the North from the Hill above Thorshaven in the Island of Stromoe, Faroe Islands. [cursive]
Recto: Signed in ink, below image, right bottom edge: Edw.d Dayes. [cursive]
Recto: Inscribed in ink, below image, right bottom edge: A
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, bottom left corner: [illegible] [cursive]
Verso: Stamp in black ink, bottom left corner
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