John Martin
Richmond Park

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Artist John Martin (British, 1789–1854)British, 1789–1854

CultureBritish

Titles

Richmond Park

DateSeptember 4, 1843

MediumOil with black chalk on wove paper; perimeter mounted to Fabriano paper

DimensionsSheet: 11 1/8 × 27 3/4 in. (28.3 × 70.5 cm)

Credit LineThe Stuart Collection, museum purchase funded by Francita Stuart Koelsch Ulmer in honor of Alice Chambers and Lucy Chambers

Object number2023.284

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Department

Prints and Drawings

Special Collections

The Stuart Collection

Object Type

DRAWINGS, PASTELS & WATERCOLORS

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 in brown watercolor, left bottom edge: J. Martin. / 4th of September 1843
Verso: [inaccessible]

Recto: Signed in brown watercolor, left bottom edge: J. Martin. [print]

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Catalogue raisonnénot published

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