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Rocky Promontory

Oil Sketch
ca. 1817 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Linnell, John (II) the Younger (painter (artist))
Place of origin
Northumberland (painted)

Oil sketch of a rocky promontory

Object details

Categories
Paintings
Landscapes
Object type
oil sketch
TitleRocky Promontory
Materials and techniques
Oil on paper
Oil Paint
Paper
Oil Painting
Brief description
Oil sketch, Rocky Promontory, by John Linnell, 1817.
Physical description
Oil sketch of a rocky promontory
Dimensions
  • Approx. height: 18.7cm
  • Approx. width: 25.8cm
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990
Style
British School
Object history
Purchased, 1980
Place depicted
Northumberland
Bibliographic reference
Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990, p. 179
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
P.59-1980

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Record createdMay 8, 2007
Record URL
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