John Martin
Richmond Park

ArtistBritish, 1789–1854
CultureBritish
Titles
  • Richmond Park
DateSeptember 4, 1843
MediumOil with black chalk, and possibly watercolor, gouache and rosin on buff paper
DimensionsSheet: 11 1/16 × 27 3/4 in. (28.1 × 70.5 cm)
Frame: 22 15/16 × 36 15/16 × 13/16 in. (58.3 × 93.8 × 2 cm)
Credit LineThe Stuart Collection, museum purchase funded by Francita Stuart Koelsch Ulmer
Object number2023.284
Not on view

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ProvenanceThe artist; anonymous sale; [London, Sotheby’s, title, 8 June, 1999, lot 22]; J.E. Safra (b. 1940), 1999–2023; [Christie’s, London, Remastered: Old Masters from the Collection of J.E. Safra, 6 July 2023, lot 10]; purchased by MFAH, 2023.
Exhibition History(Probably) London, Royal Academy, 1844, no. 906, 922 (described as “Richmond Park—View toward Kingston), or 933 (described as Richmond Park—View towards Teddington and Windsor)
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Signed and dated, left bottom edge: J. Martin./4th of September 1843
Verso: [inaccessible]
None known
Catalogue raisonnéNone known

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