FDA-D.546-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-D.546-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Norwich Cathedral from the Watergate
Pull's Ferry, Norwich
Pilkington
Pull's Ferry, Norwich
Pilkington
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
assigned by cataloguer
collection
assigned by cataloguer
collection
Other number
Pi 213
Description
Dimensions
Height (actual size): 305mm
width (actual size): 470mm
width (actual size): 470mm
Inscription
Inscribed as title (previously on the reverse of the old mount; old labels now stuck to back of new mount)
Materials & techniques note
Pencil and watercolour
Production
Person
De Wint, Peter, 1784 - 1849 (Artist)
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Collection of Alan Pilkington (1879-1973); by whom presented/bequeathed to Eton College
Exhibited: 'A Genius for Watercolour', Christie’s, London, 6 to 24 January 2003, catalogue number 44; 'Watercolours from the Eton College Collections', Verey Gallery, Eton College, 24 November 2018 to 24 February 2019
Exhibited: 'A Genius for Watercolour', Christie’s, London, 6 to 24 January 2003, catalogue number 44; 'Watercolours from the Eton College Collections', Verey Gallery, Eton College, 24 November 2018 to 24 February 2019
Previous ownership
Pilkington, Alan, 1879 - 1973: At Eton by 1963; bequeathed to Eton by Alan Pilkington in 1973
Gregory, Dr Henry Alexis Chodak, 1889 - 1964
StGeorge, Mrs G.P.
Platt, John: With John Platt, 1912
Gregory, Dr Henry Alexis Chodak, 1889 - 1964
StGeorge, Mrs G.P.
Platt, John: With John Platt, 1912
References
• Wilcox, T., A Genius for Watercolour; Watercolours from the Eton College Collection, Christie's exhibition catalogue, London, 2003 (p. 51, no. 44)
• McConnell, J. (ed.), Treasures of Eton, London, 1976 (p. 79, no. 19 (illustrated in colour))
• Loan Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings by Peter De Wint, Thomas Agnew & Sons Ltd, London, 1966 (no. 48)
• Catalogue of a Loan Exhibition of Water Colour Drawings by Deceased British Artists: Also of a Collection of Paintings and Drawings by J. Sell Cotman, Whitworth Institute, Manchester, 1912 (no. 63)
• McConnell, J. (ed.), Treasures of Eton, London, 1976 (p. 79, no. 19 (illustrated in colour))
• Loan Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings by Peter De Wint, Thomas Agnew & Sons Ltd, London, 1966 (no. 48)
• Catalogue of a Loan Exhibition of Water Colour Drawings by Deceased British Artists: Also of a Collection of Paintings and Drawings by J. Sell Cotman, Whitworth Institute, Manchester, 1912 (no. 63)
