Travelers on the Sands near Redcar

1838

Peter De Wint

Associated Names
Peter De Wint

Artist, British, 1784 - 1849

The image shows a coastal scene with two figures on horseback riding along the beach. In the background, there is a castle or fortress on the horizon. The shoreline runs diagonally from rocky cliffs on the left to the water on the right. The sea is calm with gentle waves breaking on the sand. The sky above is filled with wispy clouds. The painting has a soft and light color palette, including sandy browns, muted purples, soft blues, deep greens, and whites.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor with gouache over graphite with scratching out

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Dian Woodner

  • Dimensions

    overall: 49.1 x 71.4 cm (19 5/16 x 28 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2007.28.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Probably Lord Cavendish. Captain Charles Meeking, London, 1880s.[1] (sale, Thierry de Maigret, 17 March 2004, no. 20). (Thomas Agnew & Sons, London); purchased 2007 by NGA.
[1] The first two owners here depend on the identification of this watercolor as the Holkar Sands exhibited in 1834 at the Old Watercolor Society (see Hammond Smith, Peter DeWint, 1784 - 1849, London, 1982: 133, and dealer notes in file).

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2008

  • Medieval to Modern: Recent Acquisitions of Drawings, Prints, and Illustrated Books, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2008, no. 91.

Bibliography

2008

  • Wilcox, Timothy. "DeWint Discoveries." Apollo (April 2008), 52-53, fig. 9 (as Distant View of Redcar).

Wikidata ID

Q64619399

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