FDA-D.509-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-D.509-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Montem in Weston's Yard with King George IV
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Other number
CL 592
Description
Content (event)
Montem
Dimensions
height (actual size): 508mm
width (actual size): 685mm
width (actual size): 685mm
Inscription
Signed and dated on the mount, 'C Turner. 1820' and inscribed with names identifying the participants
Printed on mount: 'Presented by Mrs Wilder'
Printed on mount: 'Presented by Mrs Wilder'
Materials & techniques note
Pencil and watercolour
Production
Person
Turner, Charles, 1774 - 1857 (Artist)
Date
1820
History and association
Associated object
FDA-D.580-2010 (sketch)
Object history note
Provenance: The artist's studio sale, 8 February 1858, Lot 1191; from which sale purchased by 'Radclyffe' for £23.10 (with its pair); John Wilder, Vice Provost of Eton, 1891;; collection of Major J.C. Wilder; by whom bequeathed to E|ton College in 1999
Exhibited: 'Eton Loan Exhibition', Eton College, 1891, catalogue number 82; 'A Genius for Watercolour', Christie’s, London, 2003, catalogue number 9
Exhibited: 'Eton Loan Exhibition', Eton College, 1891, catalogue number 82; 'A Genius for Watercolour', Christie’s, London, 2003, catalogue number 9
References
• Wilcox, T., A Genius for Watercolour; Watercolours from the Eton College Collection, Christie's exhibition catalogue, London, 2003 (p. 16), Catalogue number: 9
