A Singular Rock in Dove-Dale named the Pickerell

1789

William Day

Artist, British, 1764 - 1807

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite and watercolor on laid paper; laid down on original mount

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    Overall: 34 x 48.3 cm (13 3/8 x 19 in.)
    support: 38.7 x 53.5 cm (15 1/4 x 21 1/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1990.18.1


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Martyn Gregory Gallery, London) by 1988; acquired 1990 by the NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1988

  • An Exhibition of Early English Watercolours and Drawings, Catalogue 50, Martyn Gregory, London, 1988: no. 45.

Inscriptions

lower center in pen on mount: 8; lower left verso in pen and ink: A Singular Rock in Dove-Dale named the Pickerell / Derbyshire & Staffordshire; by later land, lower right verso: 43

Wikidata ID

Q64636698


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