FDA-D.143-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-D.143-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Cader Idris from Barmouth Sands
Pilkington
Pilkington
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
collection
collection
Comments
A smaller version of the this work, dated 1801, is in the collection at Norwich Castle Museum.
Other number
Pi 239
Description
Dimensions
height (actual size): 362mm
width (actual size): 536mm
width (actual size): 536mm
Production
Person
Cotman, John Sell, 1782 - 1842 (Artist)
Date
c.1804
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Collection of Alan Pilkington (1879-1973); by whom bequeathed to Eton College
Exhibited: Royal Academy, London, 1804 (catalogue nunmber 375); Tate, London, 1922 (catalogue number 140); 'Watercolours from the Eton College Collections', Verey Gallery, Eton College, 24 November 2018 to 24 February 2019
Exhibited: Royal Academy, London, 1804 (catalogue nunmber 375); Tate, London, 1922 (catalogue number 140); 'Watercolours from the Eton College Collections', Verey Gallery, Eton College, 24 November 2018 to 24 February 2019
Previous ownership
Pilkington, Alan, 1879 - 1973: Bequeathed to Eton by Alan Pilkington, 1973
Royal Society of Painters in Watercolours, London: Donated to the Royal Society of Painters in Watercolours, 1947 and with Thomas Agnew's Ltd, London 1952
Nettlefold, Frederick John, 1833 - 1913
Gill, Francis
Brocklebank, Ralph: With Ralph Brocklebank's trustees by 1922
Beausire, J: Probably in the artist's sale, Christie's London, 17th and 18th May 1843, lot 206 (13s. D. White)
Royal Society of Painters in Watercolours, London: Donated to the Royal Society of Painters in Watercolours, 1947 and with Thomas Agnew's Ltd, London 1952
Nettlefold, Frederick John, 1833 - 1913
Gill, Francis
Brocklebank, Ralph: With Ralph Brocklebank's trustees by 1922
Beausire, J: Probably in the artist's sale, Christie's London, 17th and 18th May 1843, lot 206 (13s. D. White)
References
• Christie's, A Genius for Watercolour; Watercolours from the Eton College Collection, exhibition catalogue, London, 2003 (p. 47, no. 39)
• Arts Council of Great Britain, John Sell Cotman, 1782-1842 : a touring exhibition arranged by the Arts Council of Great Britain, London, 1982 (p. 55, no. 21 & illustrated in colour p. 63)
• Rajnai, M. & Allthorpe-Guyton, M., John Sell Cotman, 1782-1842: early drawings (1798-1812) in Norwich Castle Museum, Norwich, 1979 (p. 41)
• McConnell, J. (ed.), Treasures of Eton, London, 1976 (p. 82)
• Pilkington, A., Loan exhibition of early English watercolours, drawings by Old Masters, etchings & engravings from the collection of Alan D. Pilkington: in aid of the Distressed Gentlefolk's Aid Association, Colnaghi & Co, London, 1958 (no. 28)
• Rienaecker, V., John Sell Cotman: 1782-1842, Leigh-On-Sea, 1953 (pl. 3)
• Kitson, S.D., The Life of John Sell Cotman, London, 1937 (pp. 48 & 62)
• Grundy, C.R., A catalogue of the pictures and drawings in the collection of Frederick John Nettlefold, London, 1933, Vol. 1 (p. 120)
• The Connoisseur: an illustrated magazine for collectors, London, March 1929 (p. 186)
• Arts Council of Great Britain, John Sell Cotman, 1782-1842 : a touring exhibition arranged by the Arts Council of Great Britain, London, 1982 (p. 55, no. 21 & illustrated in colour p. 63)
• Rajnai, M. & Allthorpe-Guyton, M., John Sell Cotman, 1782-1842: early drawings (1798-1812) in Norwich Castle Museum, Norwich, 1979 (p. 41)
• McConnell, J. (ed.), Treasures of Eton, London, 1976 (p. 82)
• Pilkington, A., Loan exhibition of early English watercolours, drawings by Old Masters, etchings & engravings from the collection of Alan D. Pilkington: in aid of the Distressed Gentlefolk's Aid Association, Colnaghi & Co, London, 1958 (no. 28)
• Rienaecker, V., John Sell Cotman: 1782-1842, Leigh-On-Sea, 1953 (pl. 3)
• Kitson, S.D., The Life of John Sell Cotman, London, 1937 (pp. 48 & 62)
• Grundy, C.R., A catalogue of the pictures and drawings in the collection of Frederick John Nettlefold, London, 1933, Vol. 1 (p. 120)
• The Connoisseur: an illustrated magazine for collectors, London, March 1929 (p. 186)
