The Last Gleam
Watercolour
1866 (painted)
1866 (painted)
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| Place of origin |
Watercolour entitled 'The Last Gleam' depicting the last sunlight of the day washing over a large ruin. The ruin is set in a wooded landscape with sheep in the shade of the foreground and flocks of birds overhead. Signed and dated by the artist.
Object details
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| Title | The Last Gleam (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Watercolour on paper |
| Brief description | Watercolour by Walter Fryer Stocks entitled 'The Last Gleam'. Great Britain, 1866. |
| Physical description | Watercolour entitled 'The Last Gleam' depicting the last sunlight of the day washing over a large ruin. The ruin is set in a wooded landscape with sheep in the shade of the foreground and flocks of birds overhead. Signed and dated by the artist. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | W F Stocks 1866 (Signed and dated) |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Bibliographic reference | Coombs, Katherine British watercolours : 1750-1950 . London: V&A Publications, 2012
p.79, pl.68 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | FA.659 |
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| Record created | February 1, 2011 |
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