William Day
Cavern (Thor’s Cave, Staffordshire)

Cavern (Thor’s Cave, Staffordshire)

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Cavern (Thor’s Cave, Staffordshire)
ArtistBritish, 1764–1807
CultureBritish
Titles
  • Cavern (Thor’s Cave, Staffordshire)
Datec. 1789
MediumWatercolor and ink over graphite on laid paper, mounted on wove paper
DimensionsSheet: 13 1/2 × 18 13/16 in. (34.3 × 47.8 cm)
Credit LineThe Stuart Collection, museum purchase funded by Francita Stuart Koelsch Ulmer, in honor of Dr. and Mrs. Craig S. Calvert and Frank Carroll
Object number2024.14
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
209 Nicandros Gallery
On view

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Department
Prints and Drawings
Special Collections
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist, c. 1789; [The Maas Gallery, London, by October 19, 1961]; Walter Augustus Brandt (1902–1978), 1961–1978; by descent, 1978–2023; [Lowell Libson & Jonny Yarker Ltd., London, by 2023]; purchased by MFAH, 2024.
Exhibition HistoryNone known
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: [none]
Verso: [inaccessible]
Recto: Mount: Inscribed in ink, center left edge: 28
Recto: Mount: Inscribed in graphite, bottom left corner: W802
Verso: Mount: Inscribed in graphite, right edge: Inside View of a small natural excavation in a Rock at Whetton in Staffordshire [cursive]
Recto: [none]
Verso: [inaccessible]
Watermark: J Whatman (similar to Heawood 3459)
Catalogue raisonnéNone known

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