Easby Abbey, near Richmond

c. 1821/1854

George Cuitt the Younger

Associated Names
George Cuitt the Younger

Artist, British, 1779 - 1854

This painting features an elevated view of a pastoral landscape with a white city nestled among rolling hills. The horizon is just above the center of the painting, with the scattered buildings and green hills stretching beneath a vast light blue sky. Lush trees and foliage frame the land closest to us, with leaves in various shades of green and what looks like a small brown path leading from the top of a hill down towards the land in the distance. In the center of the painting, an ornate white building with large windows stands in a sunny patch of land, while distant structures are scattered amidst hills and valleys. The color palette includes muted greens, soft yellows, earthy browns, cool blues, and whites.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Miss Harriet Winslow

  • Dimensions

    overall: 65.9 x 91.6 cm (25 15/16 x 36 1/16 in.)
    framed: 80 x 105.4 x 6.9 cm (31 1/2 x 41 1/2 x 2 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1959.1.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

By inheritance from her brother to Miss Harriet Patterson Winslow [d. 1964], Washington, D.C., as Fountains Abbey by George Smith of Chichester; gift 1959 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1959

  • Extended loan for use by The Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, D.C., 1959-1974.

1972

  • Extended loan for use in Chief Justice Rehnquist's chambers, 1984-2002.

1984

  • Extended loan for use by The Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, D.C., 1984-

Bibliography

1965

  • Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 35.

1968

  • National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 28, repro.

1975

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 88, repro.

1985

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 108, repro.

1992

  • Hayes, John. British Paintings of the Sixteenth through Nineteenth Centuries. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1992: 50-52, repro. 51.

Wikidata ID

Q20184570

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