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The Woodwalk, Farnley Hall
Turner, Joseph Mallord William
(Draughtsman)
History note: Walter Fawkes, Farnley Hall, by descent to the Rev. Ayscough Fawkes, not in sale Christie's, 27 June 1890; F. Stevenson, 1912; R. Norton, sold Christie's, 26 May 1919, lot 130, bt. Sampson; Herbert Dean, his Sale, Sotheby's, 19 November 1947, lot 134, as frontispiece, bt. Agnew's (£380); Major Horton Fawkes; Agnew's 'The Property of a Gentleman' (Gilbert Davis) sold Sotheby's, 19 March 1958, lot 105, bt. Messrs. John Mitchell
From the Fairhaven Fund.
Height: 292 mm
Width: 400 mm
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Method of acquisition: Bought
(1958)
by
Messrs. John Mitchell
Production date: circa AD 1818
Watercolour
Bodycolour
Graphite
Gum arabic
Support composed of paper ( brown)
Watercolour : Watercolour and bodycolour over graphite with gum arabic on brown paper
Accession number: PD.50-1958
Primary reference Number: 13935
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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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