FDA-D.537-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-D.537-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Donnybrook Fair
Pilkington
Pilkington
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
collection
collection
Other number
pi 205
Description
Dimensions
height (actual size): 405mm
width (actual size): 604.7mm
width (actual size): 604.7mm
Inscription
Signed and dated 'F. Wheatley 1794' (lower centre)
Materials & techniques note
Pencil, pen & grey ink, and watercolour
Production
Person
Wheatley, Francis, 1747 - 1801 (Artist)
Date
1794
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Collection of Alan Pilkington; by whom presented/bequeathed to Eton College
Exhibited: 'Watercolours from the Eton College Collections', Verey Gallery, Eton College, 24 November 2018 to 24 February 2019
Exhibited: 'Watercolours from the Eton College Collections', Verey Gallery, Eton College, 24 November 2018 to 24 February 2019
Previous ownership
Pilkington, Alan, 1879 - 1973: Bequeathed by Alan Pilkington to Eton 1973
Hutchinson, W.
Brockett, Lord (Lord)
Hutchinson, W.
Brockett, Lord (Lord)
References
• Christie's, A Genius for Watercolour; Watercolours from the Eton College Collection, exhibition catalogue, 2003 (No. 30, p. 37)
• Webster, M., Francis Wheatley, London, 1970 (p. 49, fig. 55)
• 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. 32)
• Webster, M., Francis Wheatley, London, 1970 (p. 49, fig. 55)
• 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. 32)
