Cloud study at Highgate
Watercolour
22/10/1836 (made)
22/10/1836 (made)
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Cloud study at Highgate. Inscribed 'at Highgate-22nd Octr. 1836 (See other side)', numbered '21' and inscribed on the back 'A wonderfully splendid Sunset. The warm clouds were of a Copper color (not thus red) & appeared to float, catching the light most brightly on their lower edges, whilst the clouds below them were of a dirty purple, or dark ash color, but much bluer at the top towards the zenith - At Highgate 22nd Octr. 36 The cloud at the horizon a dirty purple, with deep warm tones at top to unite it more in harmony with the paler yellow light above it'.
Object details
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| Title | Cloud study at Highgate (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Watercolour |
| Brief description | Watercolour by Thomas Lindsay depicting a cloud study made at Highgate in London. Great Britain, 1836. |
| Physical description | Cloud study at Highgate. Inscribed 'at Highgate-22nd Octr. 1836 (See other side)', numbered '21' and inscribed on the back 'A wonderfully splendid Sunset. The warm clouds were of a Copper color (not thus red) & appeared to float, catching the light most brightly on their lower edges, whilst the clouds below them were of a dirty purple, or dark ash color, but much bluer at the top towards the zenith - At Highgate 22nd Octr. 36 The cloud at the horizon a dirty purple, with deep warm tones at top to unite it more in harmony with the paler yellow light above it'. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1954 London: HMSO, 1963 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | P.17-1954 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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