John Linnell

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John Linnell

1792-1882

View of Amwell Hill, near Ware in Hertfordshire. Verso: Partial sketch of the same view

1814

Watercolor, over graphite, on blue paper; verso: graphite.

10 11/16 x 17 1/4 inches (271 x 438 mm)

Purchased on the Walter C. Baker Fund.

1983.6

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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.

Inscription:

Inscribed, signed and dated, in pen and brown ink, "nr. Ware Herts J. Linnell 1814".

Provenance:

Robin Garton; Maryn Gregory Gallery, London; Davis and Langdale Co., Inc., New York.

Associated names:

Garton, Robin, former owner.
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.

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