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A view in the plantations at Holbrook Suffolk

Watercolour
ca. 1799 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Watercolour drawing


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleA view in the plantations at Holbrook Suffolk (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Ink and grey wash with gum, laid down on paper
Brief description
Watercolour, A view in the plantations at Holbrook Suffolk, about 1799, by Luigi Mayer
Physical description
Watercolour drawing
Dimensions
  • Height: 23.2cm
  • Width: 32.2cm
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
Lettered with title, numbered No.14 and signed L. Mayer delin
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Art Fund, Shell International and the Friends of the V&A
Object history
According to Rodney Searight: - `Bt Holder, May 1977, £57'.
Historical context
Towards the end of the 1790s, Mayer was employed by the Berners family of Woolverstone Park, on the Shotley peninsula, near Ipswich, Suffolk. Mayer had accompanied Charles Berners and others on the 1792 tour of Egypt, Palestine and Syria. The numbers on this and SD.658 indicate that they were part of a series. For further information, see notes and correspondence with R.G. Searight. Holbrook, near Wolverstone Park, was also owned by the Berners family. Cf. Near Holbrook, Suffolk, signed, inscribed, and dated 25 September 1799, in Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester
(D/10/1934) and five other Suffolk drawings by Mayer at Christchurch Mansions, Ipswich.
Places depicted
Bibliographic reference
See large group of gouche drawings by Luigi Mayer, commissioned by Robert Ainslie (1729-1812) in Adam's Country House Collections at Slane Castle, Co. Meath, catalogue of auction held on 6th October 2009, lots 517 to 542.
Collection
Accession number
SD.659

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Record createdMarch 10, 2008
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