Object number1864.2.2817

Section and Details of the Nave of Malmesbury Abbey Church

DateNd

Artist John Carter (English, 1748-1817)

CultureEnglish

MediumInk and wash

DimensionsMatted: 22 x 16 in. (55.88 x 40.64 cm)
Sight: 7 3/4 x 4 1/2 in. (19.69 x 11.43 cm)
Sheet: 7 7/8 x 4 5/8 in. (20 x 11.75 cm)

Credit LineGift of Matthew Vassar

On View

Not on view

Period18th c / 19th c

Classification(s)

Drawings and Watercolors

InscribedInscribed (on mount, in ink): J. Carter del.; (UC & across bottom): Malmesbury Abbey Church, Part of ancient Nave, Gents Mage

BibliographyLandscapes of Retrospection (Poughkeepsie: FLLAC, 1999), p. 101 repr. ProvenanceCollections: Elias Magoon
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)

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