James Ward
1769-1859
Rocky Stream with Cottage and Ruins in the Distance
10 5/8 x 14 1/4 inches (271 x 362 mm)
Pencil, with touches of brown wash and watercolor, on paper.
1986.55
Gift of Charles Ryskamp in memory of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Ryskamp.
Notes
Watermark: none.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed with initials at lower left in pen and brown ink, "J.W." Inscribed at upper left in graphite, "Trees [illegible] / in foreground / ash (?)"; at lower left, "House whitish stone / mixed with redish"; at right edge, "brown / grey stone / green moss [illegible] / green [illegible]"; below this, "Alverton Cast[le] / in the village [partially effaced]".
Associated names
Squire, H. N., former owner.
Ryskamp, Charles, former owner.
Ryskamp, Charles, 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. 387.
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