Thomas Fearnley

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Thomas Fearnley
1802-1842
Waterfall at Berchtesgaden
ca. 1835
Pen and black ink and watercolor over black chalk.
10 1/2 x 14 1/8 inches (266 x 359 mm)
Thaw Collection.
2017.79
Inscription: 

Signed on rock in lower left foreground, in watercolor, "Th. Fearnley, Roma"; inscribed on verso, in graphite, "Jan I Taagestykke af [illegible] Stórrelse tile en / [illegible] 40 Luid [?]-"; inscribed in pen and dark brown ink, "33"; at center, "Wandfald ved Bergtholsgaaden. mallet afTh. Fearnley 1835./ i Rom. / for W[?]Bycrofft. Esq. / i England"; in another hand in black ink, "largezza 5 palm 3 1/4 once. Romano / altezza 3 _ 8 3/4 _ . . ."; at lower center in graphite, "I.J. Paris"; at lower right in graphite, "N.B."; along bottom center, under a graphite line marked with measured increments, "I Fot English".

Provenance: 
The artist's son, Tomas Fearnley (1841-1927), Oslo; by descent to his son, Thomas Fearnley (1880-1961), Oslo; E. W. Fearnley (1961-2005), Olso; Artemis Fine Arts, Ltd., London, 2005; Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw, New York.
Associated names: 

Thaw, Eugene Victor, former owner.
Thaw, Clare, former owner.

Bibliography: 

Thaw Catalogue Raisonné, 2017, no. 118, repr.
The Thaw collection of master drawings : acquisitions since 2002. New York : Morgan Library & Museum, 2009, no. 39, repr.

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