John Martin
Richmond Park

ArtistBritish, 1789–1854
CultureBritish
Titles
  • Richmond Park
DateSeptember 4, 1843
MediumOil with black chalk on wove paper; perimeter mounted to Fabriano 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, 1843; [anonymous sale]; [Sotheby’s, London, Important British Paintings and Watercolours, June 8, 1999, lot 22]; J.E. Safra (b. 1940), 1999–2023; [Christie’s, London, Remastered: Old Masters from the Collection of J. E. Safra, July 6, 2023, lot 10]; purchased by MFAH, 2023.
Exhibition HistoryThe Exhibition of the Royal Academy: The Seventy-Sixth, Royal Academy, 1844, cats. 906 or 922 (described as Richmond Park—View toward Kingston), or cat. 933 (described as Richmond Park—View towards Teddington and Windsor) (exh. cat. published by W. Clowes and Sons, London).
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Signed and dated, left bottom edge: J. Martin./4th of September 1843
Verso: [inaccessible]
None known
Catalogue raisonnénot published
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