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The foundation of the Society of Female Artists
11/2024 | 1460 | 166
Pages: 1152-1153
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Subjects
artists:
Osborn, Emily Mary / Murray, Elizabeth
artists:
Grote, Harriet
museums and institutions:
Royal Watercolour Society, London, Great Britain / Royal Academy of Arts, London, Great Britain
museums and institutions:
Society of Female Artists, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Women artists / Exhibitions / British art / Watercolourists / Victorian art
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Harriet Grote (née Lewin), by C. Lewin, printed by Jérémie Graf after Charles Landseer. c.1840. Lithograph, 46.5 by 32.3 cm. (National Portrait Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
2. The skipping rope, by Mary Thornycroft. c.1845–55. Marble, height 147 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
3. Nameless and friendless. “The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, etc.” - Proverbs, x, 15, by Emily Mary Osborn. 1857. Oil on canvas, 82.5 by 103.8 cm. (Tate).
Attributed works:
4. Woman and child in Greek dress, by Elizabeth Murray. c.1845–55. Watercolour on paper, 59 by 46 cm. (Government Art Collection, London).
Exhibition Review
American Watercolors, 1880–1990: Into the Light
08/2023 | 1445 | 165
Pages: 908–911
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Reviewer:
Standring, Timothy J. (Standring, Timothy J.; Standring, T. J.)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, United States
subjects:
American art / Watercolourists / Watercolours
Reviewed Items
subjects:
American Watercolors, 1880–1990: Into the Light Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge 20th May–13th August | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
22. Wavy brushstrokes, by Sol LeWitt. 1995. Opaque watercolour on heavy white paper, 163 by 483.5 cm. (Fogg Museum, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge).
Attributed works:
23. Mink pond, by Winslow Homer. 1891. Transparent and opaque watercolour over graphite on white paper, 35.2 by 50.8 cm. (Fogg Museum, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge).
Attributed works:
24. Untitled, by Mark Rothko. c.1944–45. Transparent and opaque watercolour and ink on paper wrapped around cardboard, 53.6 by 71.3 cm. (Fogg Museum, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge).
Book Review
Thomas Hennell: The Land and the Mind
07/2021 | 1420 | 163
Pages: 642-643
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Reviewer:
Wilcox, Timothy (Wilcox, Timothy; Wilcox, Tim)
Subjects
artists:
Hennell, Thomas Barclay
subjects:
British art / War Artists / Watercolourists
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Thomas Hennell: The Land and the Mind By Jessica Kilburn. 352 pp. incl. 220 col. + 57 b. & w. ills. (Pimpernel Press, London, 2021), £60. ISBN 978–1–910258–62–0. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
7. Boys picking carrots in the rain, by Thomas Hennell. 1941. Watercolour on paper, 30.5 by 47 cm. (Private collection).
Book Review
The Prints of Paul Sandby (1731–1809): A Catalogue Raisonné. By Ann V. Gunn
06/2018 | 1383 | 160
Pages: 521-523
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Reviewer:
Wilcox, Timothy (Wilcox, Timothy; Wilcox, Tim)
Subjects
artists:
Sandby, Paul / Malton, Thomas, II / Farington, Joseph / Rowlandson, Thomas / Girtin, Thomas
dates:
1750-1799 / 1800-1809
media:
Prints / Aquatints
museums and institutions:
Royal Academy of Arts, London, Great Britain
places:
Great Britain
subjects:
British painting / Landscapes (visual works) / Printmaking / Printmakers / Watercolourists / Techniques / Catalogues raisonnés / Camera obscuras
Illustrations
Attributed works:
6. The Fair Stationer in Hyde Park 1780, by Paul Sandby. 1780. Outline etching handcoloured with grey wash, 22.4 by 29.1 cm. (The British Museum, London).
Exhibition Review
British Watercolours. London
02/2006 | 1235 | 148
Pages: 131–132
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Reviewer:
Green, Richard (Green, Richard)
Subjects
artists:
Towne, Francis
artists:
Abbott, John White
artists:
Smith, John Irthington, also known as Warwick Smith, 1749-1831
dates:
1800-1899
dates:
2000-2009
places:
England
print:
British painting
private galleries:
Colnaghi, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Watercolourists / Watercolours
subjects:
British painting / Exhibitions
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Francis Towne and his Friends | :
subjects:
Peter de Wint 1784–1849: Colourist and Countryman | institution: Andrew Wyld Gallery
subjects:
The Spooner Collection of British Watercolours at the Courtauld Institute Gallery | institution: Courtauld Gallery
subjects:
Watercolours and Drawings: 18th and 19th centuries | institution: Colnaghi , institution: Lowell Libson
Illustrations
Attributed works:
62. Near the Devil's Bridge, Cambridgeshire, by Francis Towne. 1810. Watercolour with pen and ink, 17.5 by 25.5 cm. (Exh. John Spink at Colnaghi, London).
Attributed works:
63. A view across parkland, by John 'Warwick' Smith. c.1790. Watercolour over traces of pencil, 24.5 by 34.4 cm. (Exh. Lowell Libson, London).
Attributed works:
64. Trees in Peamore Park, Exeter, by John White Abbott. 1801. Watercolour and pen and dark grey ink over traces of pencil, 33.8 by 33.7 cm. (Courtauld Institute of Art, London; exh. Hermitage Rooms, Somerset House, London).
Attributed works:
65. Somerset House from the Thames, by Edward Dayes. 1788. Watercolour, pen and grey-brown wash, and pen and ink over traces of pencil, 42.8 by 57.8 cm. (Courtauld Institute of Art, London; exh. Hermitage Rooms, Somerset House, London).
Attributed works:
66. Two boys with a donkey, by Peter de Wint. c.1818. Watercolour, 16.3 by 15 cm. (Exh. W/S Fine Art/Andrew Wyld, London).