Richmond Park
Watercolour
1843 (painted)
1843 (painted)
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Watercolour landscape view of Richmond Park.
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Title | Richmond Park (assigned by artist) |
Materials and techniques | Watercolour |
Brief description | Watercolour by John Martin (1789-1854) depicting Richmond Park. Great Britain, 1843. |
Physical description | Watercolour landscape view of Richmond Park. |
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Gallery label | 31. John Martin (1789-1854)
Richmond Park 1843
Watercolour on paper, 28 x 70.8 cm (11 x 27 ? ins)
Martin drew in Richmond Park, an historic royal deer park by the Thames, to the west of London, on at least four occasions in the 1840s. Here he shows a vista looking down a valley winding through the ancient trees, and to one side of this vale, a gentleman reclining with his book beside him, contemplating the beauties of Nature. It is possible that the artist intended a series of engravings after his work at Richmond, but only a few were published. Although this type of picture was a favourite theme of 19th century watercolour artists, Martin's idiosyncratic treatment of the trees gives them a distinctive and an almost visionary quality.
Given by Mrs Ellison, 1860 (FA 535)(2002) |
Credit line | Ellison Gift |
Object history | Richard Ellison’s collection of 100 British watercolours was given by his widow in 1860 and 1873 ‘to promote the foundation of the National Collection of Water Colour Paintings’. |
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Accession number | FA.535 |
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Record created | April 24, 2003 |
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