John Linnell

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John Linnell
1792-1882
Tree Study, North Wales
1813
Black and white chalk, on gray-blue paper.
14 7/16 x 10 5/16 inches (366 x 261 mm)
Gift of Charles Ryskamp in memory of Mrs. S.S. Bryan.
1985.14
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Signed, dated, and inscribed at lower right in pen and brown ink, "Wales J.L.1813".

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Martyn Gregory Gallery, London, and Davis & Langdale Co., Inc., New York; Charles Ryskamp, Princeton.
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Ryskamp, Charles, former owner.

Bibliography: 

Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twenty-First Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984-1986. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1989, p. 358.
John Linnell, Truth to Nature, Martyn Gregory Gallery, London, with Davis & Langdale Co., Inc., New York, 1982, no. 40, repr.

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