River Landscape with a Castle

1780s

Robert Adam

Artist, British, 1728 - 1792

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and black ink and watercolor over graphite on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 30.5 x 44.7 cm (12 x 17 5/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1988.23.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(The Leger Galleries, Ltd.); acquired 1988 by the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1987

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

1992

  • Leger Galleries, British Landscape Painting, 3/4-4/3/92: fig. 6 (as A Romantic Landscape).

1993

  • The Great Age of British Watercolors 1750-1880, Royal Academy of Arts, London; National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1993, no. 2.

Bibliography

1987

  • Leger Galleries, English Watercolors and Drawings, London, 11/18/87-12/24/87: no. 27.

1988

  • Leger Galleries, The Fitch Collection, London, 3/16/88-4/15/88: no. 31.

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. 2.

Wikidata ID

Q64628790

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