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Dovedale

Drawing
about 1795-1803 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A landscape view of Dovedale, looking up the valley, with the River Dove in the foreground and steep limestone cliffs in the background, in pencil and blue wash


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleDovedale (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
pencil and blue wash on paper
Brief description
Drawing, View of Dovedale, attributed to Edward Dayes, pencil and wash technique, ca. 1795-1803.
Physical description
A landscape view of Dovedale, looking up the valley, with the River Dove in the foreground and steep limestone cliffs in the background, in pencil and blue wash
Dimensions
  • Height: 24.2cm
  • Width: 28.2cm
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
  • Dovedale (picture title; Front, centre margin; handwriting; pencil)
  • 6 (bottom right; pencil)
Gallery label
Given by the Science Museum
Credit line
Given by the Science Museum
Object history
This watercolour with E.230-1999 was part of lot 276 in the Dudley Snelgrove Collection sale at Sotheby's New Bond Street 19th November 1992. The lot went to the Science Museum for £380 hammer. They wanted a watercolour of lime kilns by de Loutherbourg in the same lot. (Their inventory no. now inv.1992-1066) They did not want the Dayes drawings so they transferred them to the V&A.
Production
Dovedale, Derbyshire
Place depicted
Associated object
Bibliographic reference
The Works of the late Edward Dayes containing An Excursion through the principal parts of Derbyshire and Yorkshire, with illustrative notes by E. W. Brayley; Essays on painting; Instructions for drawing and coloring landscapes; and Professional sketches of modern artists. [Edited by Edward W. Brayley. With plates, including a portrait.] Title . pp. 359. Mrs. Dayes: London, 1805. 4o.London. Reprint with new introduction Cornmarket Press, 1971.
Collection
Accession number
E.229-1999

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Record createdMarch 22, 2000
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