Humphry Repton
1752-1818
The Red Book of Hatchlands in Surrey
1800
Pen and brown ink and watercolor on paper.
Binding: 8 3/4 x 11 1/2 inches (222 x 292 mm)
Gift of Mr. Junius S. Morgan and Mr. Henry S. Morgan.
1954.16
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Three drawings and one plan with manuscript text.
Inscription:
Watermark: page 7, "View to the South". Shield with diagonal stripes over trefoil and cursive letter "W", fragment.
Watermark: page 4, "Character". J Whatman 1794, fragment, laid paper.
Provenance:
Mrs. J.P. Morgan (d. 1925); by descent to her sons, Junius S. and Henry S. Morgan.
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Associated names:
Morgan, Jane Norton, 1868-1925, former owner.
Morgan, Junius Spencer, former owner.
Morgan, Henry S. (Henry Sturgis), 1900-1982, former owner.
Bibliography:
Pierpont Morgan Library. Review of Acquisitions, 1949-1968. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969, p. 164.
Adams, Frederick B., Jr. Sixth Annual Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1955, p. 76-78.
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