John Webber
1751-1793
A View of the City of Berne, Switzerland
10 3/4 x 16 1/16 inches (273 x 409 mm)
Pencil and watercolor on paper.
1978.23
Purchased as the gift of Charles R. Blyth, Enid A. Haupt, and Jeanette Watson McElvenny.
Notes
Watermark: fragment of a crown.
Inlaid by the artist on a decorated mat.
Inlaid by the artist on a decorated mat.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed at lower center, in pen and black ink, "View / of the City of Berne / Switzerland".
Associated names
Blyth, Charles R. (Charles Ramsay), 1934- donor.
Haupt, Enid A. (Enid Annenberg), 1906-2005, donor.
McElvenny, Jeanette Watson, Mrs., donor.
Haupt, Enid A. (Enid Annenberg), 1906-2005, donor.
McElvenny, Jeanette Watson, Mrs., donor.
Bibliography
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Nineteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978-1980. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981, p. 221-222.
English Watercolour Drawings, Spink and Son Ltd., London, 1978, no. 17, repr.
English Watercolour Drawings, Spink and Son Ltd., London, 1978, no. 17, repr.
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Century Drawings
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