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Mount Merrion: view near the farm (pag. 23)

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An image of Title/s: Mount Merrion: view near the farm (pag. 23) 
Maker/s: Ashford, William (draughtsman) [ULAN info: British artist, 1746-1824]
Technique Description: grey wash on paper laid down on hollow mounts and bound with backing sheets 
Dimensions: height: 320 mm, width: 430 mm
Date: 1806

 


 
Category
 drawing

 
Name
 drawing
 
School/Style
 British
 
Production Notes 
 part of a portfolio containing 24 views of Lord Fitzwilliam's Mount Merrion Estate, 1806, and two of his house in Richmond; paginated 2-26

four drawings added later (laid down on backing sheets between nos 13-14, 15-16, 16-17, 17-18 - these are not numbered)
 
Technique Description 
 grey wash on paper laid down on hollow mounts and bound with backing sheets
 
Dimensions
 height: 320 mm
width: 430 mm

 
Provenance
 bequeathed: Fitzwilliam, Richard 7th Viscount 1816 (Filtered for: Paintings, Drawings and Prints) 
 
Notes 
 The book appears to have contained twenty drawings originally, although four more by the same artist were added (xv, xviii, xx, xxii) as well as the two views of Lord Fitzwilliam's Richmond house.
 
Material/s 
 grey wash (medium) 
paper (support) 

 
Accession Number 
 3933xxviii (Paintings, Drawings and Prints) 
(Reference Number: 8545; Input Date: 2000-06-27 / Last Edit: 2004-03-31)
 
Related Object
 3933i - Mount Merrion: list of contents

3933ii - Mount Merrion: title page

3933iii - Mount Merrion: list of contents

3933iv - Mount Merrion: plan of Mount Merrion (pag. 3)

3933v - Mount Merrion: frontispiece (pag.4)

3933vi - Mount Merrion: the lodge seen from the lawn (pag. 5)

3933vii - Mount Merrion: the lodge seen from the east advance (pag. 6)

3933viii - Mount Merrion: the lodge seen from the island (pag. 7)

3933ix - Mount Merrion: the stables (pag. 8)

3933x - Mount Merrion: the kitchen garden (pag. 9)

3933xi - Mount Merrion: the lawn seen from the lodge (pag.10)

3933xii - Mount Merrion: the lawn seen from the fir grove (pag. 11)

3933xiii - Mount Merrion: the wood-hou

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Title/s: Mount Merrion: view near the farm (pag. 23) Maker/s: Ashford, William (draughtsman) [ULAN info: British artist, 1746-1824] Technique Description: grey wash on paper laid down on hollow mounts and bound with backing sheets Dimensions: height: 320 mm, width: 430 mm Date: 1806 Category drawing Name drawing School/Style British Production Notes part of a portfolio containing 24 views of Lord Fitzwilliam's Mount Merrion Estate, 1806, and two of his house in Richmond; paginated 2-26 four drawings added later (laid down on backing sheets between nos 13-14, 15-16, 16-17, 17-18 - these are not numbered) Technique Description grey wash on paper laid down on hollow mounts and bound with backing sheets Dimensions height: 320 mm width: 430 mm Provenance bequeathed: Fitzwilliam, Richard 7th Viscount 1816 (Filtered for: Paintings, Drawings and Prints) Notes The book appears to have contained twenty drawings originally, although four more by the same artist were added (xv, xviii, xx, xxii) as well as the two views of Lord Fitzwilliam's Richmond house. Material/s grey wash (medium) paper (support) Accession Number 3933xxviii (Paintings, Drawings and Prints) (Reference Number: 8545; Input Date: 2000-06-27 / Last Edit: 2004-03-31) Related Object 3933i - Mount Merrion: list of contents 3933ii - Mount Merrion: title page 3933iii - Mount Merrion: list of contents 3933iv - Mount Merrion: plan of Mount Merrion (pag. 3) 3933v - Mount Merrion: frontispiece (pag.4) 3933vi - Mount Merrion: the lodge seen from the lawn (pag. 5) 3933vii - Mount Merrion: the lodge seen from the east advance (pag. 6) 3933viii - Mount Merrion: the lodge seen from the island (pag. 7) 3933ix - Mount Merrion: the stables (pag. 8) 3933x - Mount Merrion: the kitchen garden (pag. 9) 3933xi - Mount Merrion: the lawn seen from the lodge (pag.10) 3933xii - Mount Merrion: the lawn seen from the fir grove (pag. 11) 3933xiii - Mount Merrion: the wood-hou

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