East Cliff House, Ramsgate
Watercolour
18th - 19th century (painted)
18th - 19th century (painted)
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East Cliff House, Ramsgate; View from the front, two gardeners resting in the foreground, and dogs; Watercolour.
Object details
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| Title | East Cliff House, Ramsgate |
| Materials and techniques | watercolour |
| Brief description | Turner, Joseph Mallord William (RA) (ascribed to); East Cliff House, Ramsgate; View from the front; Watercolour; English School; 18th - 19th century. |
| Physical description | East Cliff House, Ramsgate; View from the front, two gardeners resting in the foreground, and dogs; Watercolour. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Rev. Alexander Dyce |
| Historical context | East Cliff House, Ramsgate, was designed by the architect Charles Boncey of Margate for Benjamin Bond Hopkins and is thought to have been completed by 1794. In the gothic revival style, the imposing house with its crenelated roofline was built around a central courtyard and had two towers on the main front surmounted by spires, one bearing a clock and weather vane, the other capped with a weather vane linked to a compass rose. Amongst its first owners was the Scottish-born naval officer George Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith (1764-1823), who bought the lodge in 1804. After Keith's tenure, the house was leased in 1815 to the Marquis Wellesley, brother of the Duke of Wellington, before being sold to Moses Haim Montefiore (1784-1885), a British financier, in 1831. |
| Production | The 1874 catalogue DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, etc. describes this work as 'recalling Dayes in style and manner'. |
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| Bibliographic reference | DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce. London : South Kensington Museum, 1874. |
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| Accession number | DYCE.963 |
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| Record created | November 17, 2009 |
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