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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1942.48
People
Paul Sandby, British, English (Nottingham, England 1731 - 1809 London, England)
Title
Large Tree with Couple Seated Beneath
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1782-1784
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/298501

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor, ink, graphite, and white oil paint on cream laid paper
Dimensions
66 x 47.4 cm (26 x 18 11/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Grenville L. Winthrop, Class of 1886
Accession Year
1942
Object Number
1942.48
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Marjorie B. Cohn, Wash and Gouache: A Study of the Development of the Materials of Watercolor, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, 1977), p. 59, cat. no. 54 p. 108
  • Anne Driesse, "Paul Sandby Large Tree with Couple Seated Beneath, 1942-48: The Technical Examination and Conservation Treatment of an Eighteenth Century Varnished Watercolor" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, July 1989), Unpublished, pp. 1-28 passim

Exhibition History

  • Wash and Gouache: A Study of the Development of the Materials of Watercolor, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 05/12/1977 - 06/22/1977
  • Portrait, Prospect and Poetry: British Drawings from the Grenville L. Winthrop Bequest, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/11/1993 - 11/07/1993

Verification Level

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