Sailboats on Southampton River

1819

John Linnell

Artist, British, 1792 - 1882

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Paul Mellon Collection

  • Dimensions

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

  • Accession

    1986.72.10

Artwork history & notes

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.

Inscriptions

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

Wikidata ID

Q64582844

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