John Warwick Smith
Lake in North Italy (Lake Como)

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Artist John Warwick Smith (British, 1749–1831)British, 1749–1831

CultureBritish

Titles

Lake in North Italy (Lake Como)

Datec. 1778

MediumWatercolor over graphite on laid paper

DimensionsSheet: 11 5/16 × 17 1/2 in. (28.8 × 44.4 cm)

Credit LineThe Stuart Collection, museum purchase funded by Francita Stuart Koelsch Ulmer in memory of Josephine Shanks and her family

Object number2024.18

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Department

Prints and Drawings

Special Collections

The Stuart Collection

Object Type

DRAWINGS, PASTELS & WATERCOLORS

ProvenanceThe artist, c. 1778; George Greville (1746–1816), 2nd Earl of Warwick, c. 1781–1816; by descent to Charles Greville (1911–1984), 7th Earl of Warwick; [probably Sotheby’s, London, Important Drawings by the Old Masters and Masters of the English School Removed from Warwick Castle and sold by Order of The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Warwick, and of the Trustees of the late (6th) Earl of Warwick, June 17 1936, probably lot 148 (as A parcel of water-colours of scenes in Italy, etc. (32)]; [purchased by Walker’s Gallery, London, 1936–1960]; purchased by Walter Augustus Brandt (1902–1978) by 1960; by descent in Brandt family, 1978–2023; [Lowell Libson & Jonny Yarker , London, 2023 (as Lake in North Italy)]; purchased by MFAH, 2023.
Exhibition History56th Annual Exhibition of Early English Water-Colours, Walker's Galleries, London, 1960, cat. 108 (as Italian lake scene from the Earl of Warwick collection)
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

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Verso: [none]
Mount: Inscribed in graphite, lower left corner: XVX

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Watermark: large fleur-de-lis at image center
Verso: Mount: WA Brandt's stamp in black ink, bottom left corner [Man standing over an anvil]

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