An Italian Coast Scene

possibly 1776/1781

John 'Warwick' Smith

Artist, British, 1749 - 1831

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor over graphite on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Joseph F. McCrindle Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 38 x 51.4 cm (14 15/16 x 20 1/4 in.)

  • Accession

    2009.70.184

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Earl of Warwick (according to inscription), presumably George Greville, 2nd Earl of Warwick [1746-1816]. Unidentified collector (stamp, TENAX IN FIDE in a scroll beneath a running dog; not in Lugt ). (Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, by 1962). The Ruskin Gallery, Ltd., Stratford-on-Avon, by 1978; Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York, 1979; Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, 2008; gift to NGA, 2009.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1962

  • 89th Annual Exhibition of Water-Colours and Drawings. Thos. Agnew & Sons, Ltd., London, 1962, no. 141.

2012

  • The McCrindle Gift: A Distinguished Collection of Drawings and Watercolors. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2012, 92-93, no. 35 (entry by Lars Kokkonen).

Inscriptions

by unknown hand, upper right verso in graphite: [2?]11; by unknown hand, lower left verso in red crayon: ?J. Smith?; by unknown hand, lower right verso in graphite: Earl of Warwick Collection

Markings

stamped twice with collector's mark of a unicorn or lion above a banderole inscribed TENAX IN FIDE

Watermarks

Strasburg Lily with LVG below (similar to Churchill 413, 414)

Wikidata ID

Q64582092

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