Edward Dayes
Skellingfell on the Island of Stromoe, Faroe Islands

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Artist Edward Dayes (British, 1763–1804)British, 1763–1804

CultureEnglish

Titles

Skellingfell on the Island of Stromoe, Faroe Islands

Date1789

Place depictedFaroe Islands, Denmark

Made inUnited Kingdom

MediumWatercolor over graphite and ink

DimensionsSheet: 18 1/2 × 21 5/8 in. (47 × 55 cm)

Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston

Object numberBF.2015.3

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Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation

Object Type

DRAWINGS, PASTELS & WATERCOLORS

ProvenanceSir John Stanley 7th Bt and 1st Baron, (1766–1850); by descent, Edward, 6th Baron Stanley of Alderley; [Sotheby's London, Stanley sale, December 9, 1964, lot 69]; purchased by Mrs. Christian Bowring, to 1966; [Leger Galleries, London]; purchased by Sir John & Lady Stevens, 1966; by descent, to 2010; sold through [Lowell Libson Ltd., London]; purchased by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 2015.

Exhibition HistoryLondon, Leger Galleries, English Watercolours, May 1965, cat. no. 4 (£350); London, Lowell Libson Ltd, Watercolours and Drawings 18th and 19th Centuries, 2005, no.5.
London, Lowell Libson Ltd, British Watercolours, 2014, no. 11.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Inscribed on mount: Skellingfell [sic] in the Island of Stromoe Faroe
Islands 2000 feet above the sea. the highest mountain in the sky

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