FDA-D.1690-2023

Parts

Object number

FDA-D.1690-2023

Object type

drawing

Identification

Title

Barges on the Thames

Title Type

Common name

Description

Painted landscape view of a sailboat on water; tower and vegetation in the background

Comments

This view of barges on the River Thames seems to include the church at Bray near Maidenhead, in Berkshire, in the distance. It may be an early study for de Wint’s much larger (371 × 648mm) view of Bray on Thames from the Towing Path (Tate collection). De Wint exhibited a view of this subject (probably the Tate version) at the Society of Painters in Water Colours in 1849.

Description

Dimensions

height (actual size): 203mm
width (actual size): 286mm
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Material

paper
watercolour

Materials & techniques note

Watercolour over traces of pencil on paper

Production

Person

De Wint, Peter, 1784 - 1849 (Artist)

Date

c.1830

History and association

Object history note

Provenance: Agnew’s, London; W/S Fine Art, London 2005;; collection of Richard Henry Allen Amis (K.S. 1945-50; 1932-2018); by whom bequeathed to Eton College

Exhibited: 'Peter de Wint 1784–1849: Colourist and Countryman', W/S Fine Art, London, 16 November to 9 December 2005, catalogue number 8; 'Peter de Wint, Colourist and Countryman', Andrew Wyld, 160 New Bond Street, London, 16 November to 9 December 2005, catalogue number 8; 'An Etonian Collector: The Richard Amis Bequest', The Verey Gallery, Eton College, 16 November 2023 to 24 March 2024