A Series of sketches on the spot made by J. Downman when he took a Tour of the Lakes in Westmoreland and Cummerland [sic] 1812
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1812 (drawn)
1812 (drawn)
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A drawing from 'A Series of sketches on the spot made by J. Downman when he took a Tour of the Lakes in Westmoreland and Cummerland [sic] 1812'. The sketch is in wash on tinted paper, in a volume half bound in brown calf, and depicts a view looking out over the town of Penrith towards the opening of Ullswater in the Patterdale Valley.
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| Materials and techniques | Wash on tinted paper, in a volume half bound in brown calf |
| Brief description | Drawing by John Downman, 'Penrith looking over the Town towards the opening of Ullswater Patterdale,' from 'A Series of sketches on the spot made by J. Downman when he took a Tour of the Lakes in Westmoreland and Cummerland [sic] 1812', a volume of 33 drawings half bound in brown calf, wash on tinted paper, England, 1812 |
| Physical description | A drawing from 'A Series of sketches on the spot made by J. Downman when he took a Tour of the Lakes in Westmoreland and Cummerland [sic] 1812'. The sketch is in wash on tinted paper, in a volume half bound in brown calf, and depicts a view looking out over the town of Penrith towards the opening of Ullswater in the Patterdale Valley. |
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| Object history | This volume of sketches was given by the artist to his friend, John Parry, of Wrexham (see letter accompanying sketches), and passed, by successive stages, to Miss Edgeworth (not Edgecumbe, as stated in a letter from Dr. G. C. Williamson in The Times Literary Supplement , May 8, 1919), from whom they were obtained by Mr. F. Wellesley, whose collection was sold at Sotheby's in June 1920, when the drawings formed Lot 239. Purchased from the sale of Messers Hodgson and Co, Lot 856, June 6 1928. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1928. London: HMSO, 1929 |
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| Accession number | E.836-1928 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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