Knaresborough Castle

Datec. 1822

Artist William Henry Bartlett (English, 1809-1854)

CultureEnglish

MediumWatercolor and graphite on cream wove paper

DimensionsSheet: 6 3/4 x 10 in. (17.15 x 25.4 cm)

Credit LineGift of Matthew Vassar

On View

Not on view

Period19th c

Classification(s)

Drawings and Watercolors

SignedSigned (verso, in pencil): Bartlett

InscribedInscribed (verso, in pencil): Knaresborough Castle; (verso, in pencil): W.B. in Drawing compose so that there shall be a greater breadth of lt. Sky - between castle and trees on the left hand. (WB.) the colour of the rock more purple with (less) raw red colour.

BibliographyLandscapes of Retrospection (Poughkeepsie: FLLAC, 1999), p. 59 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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