FDA-D.490-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-D.490-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Grasmere Lake, Looking Towards Dunmail Raise
Whiteley
Whiteley
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
collection
collection
Other number
MFW 35
Description
Dimensions
height (actual size): 343mm
width (actual size): 508mm
width (actual size): 508mm
Inscription
Inscribed on the mount: 'Grasmere Lake, looking towards Dunmailrace'; and numbered: '54'
Materials & techniques note
Pencil and watercolour, laid onto the artist's grey wash border
Production
Person
Smith, John 'Warwick', 1749 - 1831 (Artist)
Date
1788-92
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Collection of J.C. Curwen; collection of Martin Whiteley; by whom bequeathed to Eton College
Exhibited: 'A Genius for Watercolour', Christie’s, London, 6 to 24 January 2003, (catalogue number 32)
Exhibited: 'A Genius for Watercolour', Christie’s, London, 6 to 24 January 2003, (catalogue number 32)
Previous ownership
Whiteley, Martin F, 1930 - 1984: Bequeathed to Eton by Martin Whiteley
