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James Ward
1769-1859
The Birthplace of Tobias Smollett (1721-1771) on the River Leven, near Renton, Scotland
Graphite, black chalk and gray wash, with white tempera, on paper.
9 3/16 x 13 13/16 inches (233 x 352 mm)
Purchased as the gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Morgan.
1974.3
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Ward exhibited a painting of this subject at the Royal Academy in 1851.
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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".
Provenance:
Iolo A. Williams; P. & D. Colnaghi and Co., London.
Associated names:
Williams, Iolo Aneurin, 1890-1962, former owner.
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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