Edward Dayes
The Town and Fort of Thorshaven

ArtistBritish, 1763–1804
CultureEnglish
Titles
  • The Town and Fort of Thorshaven
Date1789
Place depictedTórshavn, Faroe Islands
Made inEngland
MediumWatercolor over fine charcoal and ink
DimensionsFrame: 18 5/8 × 20 9/16 in. (47.3 × 52.2 cm)
Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.1986.19
Not on view

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Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"Eighteenth and Nineteenth-Century British Works on Paper from the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston," Beeville, Texas, January 18, 2000.

"British Paintings 1550–1800 from the Collection of the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," Ellen Noël Art Museum, Odessa, Texas, November 13, 2010–January 10, 2011.

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