John Linnell
1792-1882
View of Amwell Hill, near Ware in Hertfordshire. Verso: Partial sketch of the same view
1814
10 11/16 x 17 1/4 inches (271 x 438 mm)
Watercolor, over graphite, on blue paper; verso: graphite.
1983.6
Purchased on the Walter C. Baker Fund.
Notes
Watermark: none.
The drawing was one of those commissioned by Samuel Bagster to illustrate his 1815 edition of Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton's "The Complete Angler". The subject was engraved by John Greig and appears on p. 129.
The drawing was one of those commissioned by Samuel Bagster to illustrate his 1815 edition of Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton's "The Complete Angler". The subject was engraved by John Greig and appears on p. 129.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed, signed and dated, in pen and brown ink, "nr. Ware Herts J. Linnell 1814".
Associated names
Garton, Robin, former owner.
Walton, Izaak, 1593-1683. Compleat angler.
Walton, Izaak, 1593-1683. Compleat angler.
Bibliography
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twentieth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981-1983. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, p. 271-272.
A Loan Exhibition of Drawings, Watercolours, and Paintings by John Linnell and his Circle, P. & D. Colnaghi and Co., Ltd., London, 1973, no. 33.
John Linnell: Truth to Nature (A Centennial Exhibition), exh. cat. by Katherine Crouan, Martyn Gregory no. 42, 16, repr.
A Loan Exhibition of Drawings, Watercolours, and Paintings by John Linnell and his Circle, P. & D. Colnaghi and Co., Ltd., London, 1973, no. 33.
John Linnell: Truth to Nature (A Centennial Exhibition), exh. cat. by Katherine Crouan, Martyn Gregory no. 42, 16, repr.
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Century Drawings
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