A Ruined Abbey by a Waterfall

c. 1800

William Payne

Artist, British, c. 1760 - 1830

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor and gouache with graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 21.1 × 29.2 cm (8 5/16 × 11 1/2 in.)

  • Accession

    2016.76.2


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Blair Castle, Blair Atholl, Scotland; (their sale, Christie's London, 9 December 2015, no.233); (C. G. Boerner, New York); purchased 2016 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2023

  • Drawing in Britain, 1700 - 1900: New Additions to the Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2023.

Inscriptions

lower left verso in pen and brown ink: W. Payne; by later hand, upper left in graphite: 233

Wikidata ID

Q64639289


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