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
Not on view
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Department
Prints and DrawingsSpecial Collections
Object Type
1The scion of a successful German banking family established Britain since the early 1800s, Brandt started collecting in the 1940s and began buying in earnest towards the end of the 1950s, after which time he acquired drawings almost continually until his death. Though initially focused on contemporary art, Brandt grew increasingly interested in earlier work, and he eventually amassed one of the finest, most extensive collections of British drawings dating from 1650 to 1850; in particular, Brandt was a pioneering collector of neoclassical and romantic drawings.
Exhibition HistoryLondon, Walker’s Galleries, 56th Annual Exhibition of Early English Water-Colours, exh. cat., May 16-June 28, 1960, Cat. 108.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: [none]
Verso: [inaccessible]
TBD, unidentified inscription under mount.
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TBD, unidentified inscription under mount.
Verso [mount]: Stamp in ink, bottom left corner
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Catalogue raisonnéNone
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