FDA-D.404-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-D.404-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Westminster and St. James's Palace from the Fields of Mayfair
Pilkington
Westminster and St James's Palace from St James's Fields
Pilkington
Westminster and St James's Palace from St James's Fields
Title Type
Previous title
collection
Formal name
collection
Formal name
Comments
This is a copy after Wenceslaus Hollar of a c.1660 drawing in the Royal Collection (Ref: RCIN 913264).
Other number
Pi 148
Description
Dimensions
height (actual size): 254mm
width (actual size): 403mm
width (actual size): 403mm
Inscription
Inscribed with numbers 1 to 5 on the drawing and with a key in the lower margin, `1. Westminster Abby [sic] 2. Westminster Hall 3. St James's Palace 4. Pall Mall 5. Conduit'
Materials & techniques note
Pen and grey ink, grey wash within the artist's black, white and grey wash border; watermark fleur-de-lys
Production
Person
Place, Francis, 1647 - 1728 (Artist)
Date
c. 1700
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 2003, no. 17.
Exhibited: A Genius for Watercolour, Christie’s 2003, no. 17.
Previous ownership
Pilkington, Alan, 1879 - 1973: Bequeathed to Eton by Alan Pilkington, 1973
References
• Wilcox, T., A Genius for Watercolour; Watercolours from the Eton College Collection, Christie's exhibition catalogue, London, 2003 (p. 26), Catalogue number: 17
