FDA-D.259-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-D.259-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
A Rocky Road, with Trees
Pilkington
Pilkington
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
collection
collection
Other number
Pi 250
Description
Dimensions
height (actual size): 278mm
width (actual size): 370mm
width (actual size): 370mm
Materials & techniques note
Black and white chalk, and stump on buff paper
Production
Person
Date
c. 1785
Note
Executed mid 1780s
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Collection of Alan Pilkington; by whom presented/bequeathed to Eton College
Exhibited: 'Watercolours from the Eton College Collections', Verey Gallery, Eton College, 24 November 2018 to 24 February 2019
Exhibited: '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
Colnaghi & Co, London: With Christie's London, 14 March 1952, lot 226, sold to Colnaghi, London
Fitzroy Newdegate, Mrs
Colnaghi & Co, London: With Christie's London, 14 March 1952, lot 226, sold to Colnaghi, London
Fitzroy Newdegate, Mrs
References
• Hayes, J., The Drawings of Thomas Gainsborough, London, 1970 (no.258, no. 648)
• 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. 15)
• 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. 15)
