Artist
John Linnell the Elder(British, 1792–1882)British, 1792–1882
CultureBritish
Titles
- Harvesters, North Wales
Date1813
Place depictedWales, United Kingdom
MediumWatercolor and ink over traces of graphite on laid paper
DimensionsSheet (irregular): 9 1/16 × 14 7/16 in. (23 × 36.6 cm)
Credit LineThe Stuart Collection, gift of Lowell Libson, Ltd. in honor of Francita Stuart Koelsch Ulmer and in memory of Lucie Wray Todd
Object number2017.422
Not on view
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Department
Prints and DrawingsSpecial Collections
Object Type
Exhibition HistoryJohn Linnell: A Centennial Exhibition, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 1982, cat. 27 (exh. cat. by Katherine Crouan, New Haven: Yale Center for British Art; Cambridge: Cambridge University Press).
British Watercolours, Lowell Libson Ltd, London, autumn 2014, cat. 37, illus. (exh. cat.).
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Signed, inscribed, and dated in brown ink, center left bottom edge : N W J Linnell 1813
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, upper right: 323 [encircled]
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, lower right: [illegible]
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, upper right: 323 [encircled]
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, lower right: [illegible]
Recto: Signed in brown ink, left lower edge: N W - J Linnell 1813
Watermark: Verso: at center: T DUPUY AUVERGNE, 1742 (Heawood 3310)
(This watermark is similar to Churchill 515 but without "MOYEN" at top line)
(This watermark is similar to Churchill 515 but without "MOYEN" at top line)
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