Object number1864.1.222

Bangor Abbey, North Wales

Date1791

Artist John Webber (English, 1751 - 1793)

CultureEnglish

MediumWatercolor, ink and pencil

DimensionsMatted: 22 x 28 in. (55.88 x 71.12 cm)
Sight: 12 5/8 x 18 3/4 in. (32.07 x 47.63 cm)
Sheet: 13 1/4 x 18 3/4 in. (33.66 x 47.63 cm)

Credit LineGift of Matthew Vassar

On View

Not on view

Period18th c

Classification(s)

Drawings and Watercolors

SignedSigned and dated (LR): J. Webber del 1791

BibliographyLandscapes of Retrospection (Poughkeepsie: FLLAC, 1999), p.63 repr. 1869 Catalog, #179ProvenanceCollections: Elias Magoon

Vassar Exhibitions

Catching Light: European and American Watercolors from the Permanent Collection

Exhibition HistoryPoughkeepsie, NY, FLLAC, Vassar College, "Landscapes of Retrospection," October 15 - December 19, 1999;

The David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, January 25 - March 25, 2001;

The Heinz Architectural Center, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, June 9 - September 2, 2001;

Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, February 9 - April 7, 2002 (see below)

Poughkeepsie, NY, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, "Catching Light: European and American Watercolors from the Permanent Collection," May 8- July 26, 2009.

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