Sailboats on Southampton River, 1819

Not on View

Medium

watercolor on wove paper

Dimensions

overall: 15.6 x 22.3 cm (6 1/8 x 8 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Paul Mellon Collection

Accession Number

1986.72.10

Artists / Makers

John Linnell (artist) British, 1792 - 1882

Image Use

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Inscription

in unknown hand, across bottom in graphite: Southampton River Isle of Wight in Distance 1819; lower right in pen and brown ink: J Linnell; in unknown hand, center verso in graphite: Linnell

Exhibition History

1987: English Drawings and Watercolors, 1630-1850, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1987-1988, no cat.

1993: The Great Age of British Watercolors 1750-1880, Royal Academy of Arts, London; National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1993, no. 208.

2016: In Celebration of Paul Mellon, NGA, 2016.

Bibliography

1993: Wilton, Andrew and Anne Lyles. The Great Age of British Watercolours 1750-1880. Exh. cat. Royal Academy of Arts, London; National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1993: no. 208.