James Ward
1769-1859
The Birthplace of Tobias Smollett (1721-1771) on the River Leven, near Renton, Scotland
9 3/16 x 13 13/16 inches (233 x 352 mm)
Graphite, black chalk and gray wash, with white tempera, on paper.
1974.3
Purchased as the gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Morgan.
Notes
Watermark: none.
Ward exhibited a painting of this subject at the Royal Academy in 1851.
Ward exhibited a painting of this subject at the Royal Academy in 1851.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed and initialed by the artist at lower left in pencil, "Smollet's House the River leven / (shorthand inscription) / (shorthand inscription) / August 16 J W.R.A. / on the River Leven. / Scotland".
Associated names
Williams, Iolo Aneurin, 1890-1962, former owner.
Morgan, Charles F., donor.
Morgan, Charles F., Mrs., donor.
Morgan, Charles F., donor.
Morgan, Charles F., Mrs., donor.
Bibliography
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Seventeenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1972-1974. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1976, p. 184.
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Century Drawings
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