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"View of the Country to the North from the Hill above Thorshaven in the Island of Stromoe Faroe Islands"

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"View of the Country to the North from the Hill above Thorshaven in the Island of Stromoe Faroe Islands"
ArtistBritish, 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)
Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.2025.2
Non exposé

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ProvenanceSir John Stanley 7th Bt and 1st Baron, (1766-1850); Edward, 6th Baron Stanley of Alderley, by descent; [Stanley sale, Sotheby’s, December 9, 1964, lot 61]; Walter Brandt (1902-1978); by descent to 2023.
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]
Verso: Stamp in black ink, bottom left corner

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Edward Dayes