FDA-D.290-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-D.290-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Cissbury, Sussex, at Sunset
Pilkington
Pilkington
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
collection
collection
Comments
Hine was born in Brighton. He was self-taught as an artist, inspired initially by the watercolours of Copley Fielding, then also resident in Sussex. Though he later lived in London, most of Hine's watercolours take the South Downs as their subject, rendered with more delicacy and a more subtle sense of atmosphere than Fielding.
Cissbury is the site of an iron-age fort just north of Worthing. The sudden upturn in the profile of the hillside as it reaches the crest is due to the ancient earthworks. Extremely simple in conception, Hine's view combines a bold effect with a profound knowledge and love of this landscape. In the year this view was painted, 1865, Hine noted in his sales book a watercolour of Cissbury sold to G.Mawley for fifteen guineas (see Christie's, 25 October 1988, lot 63). Hine's wife was also an active watercolourist, and their son Henry, was for forty years art master at Harrow School.
Cissbury is the site of an iron-age fort just north of Worthing. The sudden upturn in the profile of the hillside as it reaches the crest is due to the ancient earthworks. Extremely simple in conception, Hine's view combines a bold effect with a profound knowledge and love of this landscape. In the year this view was painted, 1865, Hine noted in his sales book a watercolour of Cissbury sold to G.Mawley for fifteen guineas (see Christie's, 25 October 1988, lot 63). Hine's wife was also an active watercolourist, and their son Henry, was for forty years art master at Harrow School.
Other number
Pi 96
Description
Dimensions
height (actual size): 206mm
width (actual size): 470mm
width (actual size): 470mm
Inscription
Signed and dated 'H.G. HINE 1865' (lower left)
Materials & techniques note
Watercolour with scratching out
Production
Person
Hine, Henry George, 1811 - 1895 (Artist)
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Collection of Alan Pilkington; by whom bequeathed to Eton College in 1973
Exhibited: 'A Genius for Watercolour', Christie’s, London, 6 to 24 January 2003, (catalogue number 46); 'Hidden Treasures', W.S. Fine Art Ltd, London, 3 to 31 March 2010, (catalogue number 30)
Exhibited: 'A Genius for Watercolour', Christie’s, London, 6 to 24 January 2003, (catalogue number 46); 'Hidden Treasures', W.S. Fine Art Ltd, London, 3 to 31 March 2010, (catalogue number 30)
References
• Wilcox, T., A Genius for Watercolour; Watercolours from the Eton College Collection, Christie's exhibition catalogue, London, 2003 (p. 53), Catalogue number: 46
• Ryan, H., Hidden Treasures, W.S. Fine Art exhibition catalogue, 2010 (p. 70), Catalogue number: 30
• Ryan, H., Hidden Treasures, W.S. Fine Art exhibition catalogue, 2010 (p. 70), Catalogue number: 30
