John Linnell the Elder
Shoreham, Kent

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Artist John Linnell the Elder (British, 1792–1882)British, 1792–1882

CultureBritish

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Shoreham, Kent

Datec. 1828

Place depictedShoreham, Kent, England

MediumGraphite, white chalk, and watercolor on buff wove paper

DimensionsImage/Sheet: 11 × 17 3/8 in. (27.9 × 44.1 cm)

Credit LineGift of Cecily E. Horton

Object number2016.318

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Department

Prints and Drawings

Object Type

DRAWINGS, PASTELS & WATERCOLORS

ProvenanceThe artist; by descent in the family; [Sotheby’s, London, April 14, 1994, lot 339]; Mrs. T.S. (Valerie) Eliot (1926-2012) collection; [her sale, Christie’s, London, “A Life’s Devotion the Collection of the late Mrs. T.S. Eliot,” Volume II, November 20, 2013, lot 283]; purchased by Cecily Horton, Houston, 2013-2016; given to MFAH, 2016.
Exhibition HistoryP. & D. Colnaghi, John Linnell and his Circle, London, January—February 1973, no. 66.
City Library, Salisbury, John Linnell, 1977, no. 6.
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, and Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, John Linnell, October 1982—March 1983, no. 65.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Recto: Signed and inscribed, lower right: J Linnell / Shoreham / Kent
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