Rosemary No. 1

c. 1915

Robert Polhill Bevan

Artist, British, 1865 - 1925

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor with black chalk and graphite on wove paper laid down on board, with a borderline in soft graphite? by the artist and squared for transfer in pen and red ink

  • Credit Line

    Joseph F. McCrindle Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 32.7 x 42 cm (12 7/8 x 16 9/16 in.)
    mount: 33.3 x 43.3 cm (13 1/8 x 17 1/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2009.70.38


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Davis Galleries, New York); Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York; Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, 2008; gift to NGA, 2009.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1970

  • Robert Bevan, 1865-1925. Davis Galleries, New York, 1970, no. 29

2012

  • The McCrindle Gift: A Distinguished Collection of Drawings and Watercolors. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2012, 148-149, no. 64 (entry by Stacey Sell).

Inscriptions

by artist, along each side in graphite: 1 to 16; by unknown hand, lower left in graphite: H; by unknown hand, lower left in graphite: 29; by unknown hand, lower right verso in graphite: 18407D; by unknown hand, lower right verso in graphite: C-1006

Markings

artist's mark, lower left and lower right in stamp and black ink: RPB (in monogram)

Wikidata ID

Q64629068


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