FDA-D.233-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-D.233-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
View of the Grand Horn Work of Valenciennes
Pilkington
Pilkington
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
collection
collection
Description
Dimensions
height (actual size): 470mm
width (actual size): 755mm
width (actual size): 755mm
Inscription
Inscribed on the artist's mount, `View of the Grand Horn Work of Valenciennes which was carried by assault on the night of the 26th of July 1793 by the British troops': Inscribed on the drawing 'Here the Globes of Compression were blown up after which the attack of the Horn work was instantly made'.
Materials & techniques note
Pencil, pen and grey ink, watercolour with scratching out
Production
Person
Farington, Joseph, 1747 - 1821 (Artist)
Date
1793-97
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Collection of Alan Pilkington; by whom presented/bequeathed to Eton College
Exhibited: 'A Genius for Watercolour', Christie’s, London, 6 to 24 January 2003, catalogue number 49
Exhibited: 'A Genius for Watercolour', Christie’s, London, 6 to 24 January 2003, catalogue number 49
Previous ownership
Pilkington, Alan, 1879 - 1973: Provenance: the artist; by descent to Miss M.L.E. Tyrwhitt; Puttick & Simpson, 9 December 1921 (lot 212), bt Walker's Gallery; Alan Pilkington, bequeathed to Eton 1973
References
• Wilcox, T., A Genius for Watercolour; Watercolours from the Eton College Collection, Christie's exhibition catalogue, London, 2003 (p. 59), Catalogue number: 49
