Richard Parkes Bonington
On the River Seine, Saint-Cloud

CultureBritish
Titles
  • On the River Seine, Saint-Cloud
Datec. 1823
MediumWatercolor and pen and ink over graphite with scratching out on wove paper
DimensionsSheet: 7 11/16 × 10 in. (19.5 × 25.4 cm)
Frame: 15 5/8 × 17 13/16 × 3/4 in. (39.7 × 45.3 × 1.9 cm)
Credit LineThe Stuart Collection, museum purchase funded by Francita Stuart Koelsch Ulmer in honor of The Reverend and Mrs. John Frederick Pattern
Object number2023.499
Not on view

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Provenance[W/S Fine Art, London, by 2009–2012]; [Christie’s, London, Andrew Wyld: Connoisseur Dealer, July 10, 2012, lot 185]; private collection, England; [Guy Peppiatt Fine Art, Ltd, London, by 2023]; purchased by MFAH, 2023
Exhibition HistoryMatt Robert Parkes Bonington: Young and Romantic, Nottingham Castle, Nottingham, 2002, cat. 148 (exh. cat., 82).

Bonington and Some Followers, W/S Fine Art Ltd/Andrew Wyld, London, 2009, cat. 24, illus. (exh. cat. by Susan Sloman, 42).

British Drawings and Watercolours and a Collection of Oils, 8 June 2023, Guy Peppiatt Fine Art Ltd, London, 2023, cat. 22, illus.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Signed in graphite, lower right: Bonnington [sic]
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, placement: the River Seine/near St Cloud/Bonnington [sic]
none visible.
Catalogue raisonnénot recorded in Noon’s catalogue.
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