Cuthbert Bede
1827-1889
The Gothic Chair at Connington
1852
12 x 8 3/4 inches (305 x 221 mm)
Pen and brown ink and wash, and gray wash, watercolor, and white opaque watercolor on gray paper.
1984.16:8
Gift of Sir John Pope-Hennessy.
Notes
Watermark: none.
Study for an illustration in Edward Bradley's "Fotheringay, and Mary Queen of Scots...", London, 1886, following p. 36.
Study for an illustration in Edward Bradley's "Fotheringay, and Mary Queen of Scots...", London, 1886, following p. 36.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed and dated at lower left in pen and brown ink, "Edward Bradley delt: Decr: 1852"; inscribed on accompanying sheet with questions regarding restoration of the chair posed by Edward Bradley and answered by Mr. Ruddle, builder of Peterborough.
Associated names
Pope-Hennessy, John Wyndham, Sir, 1913-1994, former owner.
Bibliography
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twenty-First Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984-1986. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1989, p. 324.
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