John Linnell the Elder
Harvesters, North Wales

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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ProvenanceSir John Witt (1907–1982) and Lady Witt; by descent until 2014; [Lowell Libson Ltd., London, 2014-2017]; given to MFAH, 2017.
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
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, top right: 323 [encircled]
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, bottom right: [illegible]
Recto: Signed in brown ink, left lower edge: N W - J Linnell 1813
Verso: Watermark, center: J T DUPUY AUVERGNE 1742 / [? Counter mark is obscured and cannot be confirmed at present]
(This watermark is similar to Churchill 515 but without "MOYEN" at top line)

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