FDA-D.501-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-D.501-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
A Landscape with Italianate Buildings
An Italian landscape with a peasant by a villa
Pilkington
An Italian landscape with a peasant by a villa
Pilkington
Title Type
Common name
Previous title
collection
Previous title
collection
Other number
Pi 188
Description
Dimensions
height (actual size): 161mm
width (actual size): 417mm
width (actual size): 417mm
Materials & techniques note
Watercolour heightened with white bodycolour, on the artist's original mount
Production
Person
Taverner, William, 1700 - 1772 (Artist)
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Collection of Alan Pilkington; by whom presented/bequeathed to Eton College
Previous ownership
Davis, Gilbert, 1899 - 1983: Bears his collector's mark
(L.757a)
Pilkington, Alan, 1879 - 1973: Bequeathed to Eton 1973
Pilkington, Alan, 1879 - 1973: Bequeathed to Eton 1973
References
• Ryan, H., Hidden Treasures, W.S. Fine Art exhibition catalogue, 2010 (No. 2, p. 14-15)
• Wilcox, T., A Genius for Watercolour; Watercolours from the Eton College Collection, Christie's exhibition catalogue, London, 2003 (No. 18, p. 26-27)
• Herrmann, L., A loan exhibition of English drawings and watercolours in memory of the late D.C.T. Baskett, 30th July to 23 August 1963, P&D Colnaghi & Co, London, 1963 (no. 5)
• 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. 57)
• Wilcox, T., A Genius for Watercolour; Watercolours from the Eton College Collection, Christie's exhibition catalogue, London, 2003 (No. 18, p. 26-27)
• Herrmann, L., A loan exhibition of English drawings and watercolours in memory of the late D.C.T. Baskett, 30th July to 23 August 1963, P&D Colnaghi & Co, London, 1963 (no. 5)
• 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. 57)