drawing
- Museum number
- 2019,7015.523
- Description
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Beech and lime; a group of trees in contrasting tones (left) a gate to their right. 1897
Pencil with black chalk
- Production date
- 1897
- Dimensions
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Height: 180 millimetres
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Width: 126 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 2019
- Acquisition notes
- John Christian purchased the drawing along with 7 other Poynter landscapes from Abbott & Holder. He retained the invoice, no: 021450, dated 27.06.08 which provides the following information:
"Drawings by Sir E.J. Poynter P.R.A.
Prov: the Baldwin Family"
This landscape is listed as follows:
"81008/105 Beech and Lime! 2 Oct 1897."
The drawings are described in Abbott & Holder's list 389, June/ July 2008 in which nos: 132-169 are landscapes. These drawings are listed with the following introduction:
"Poynter, Sir Edward PRA (1836-1919)
These have the same family Provenance as those in our recent Exhibition of his figure drawings and portraits and provide a great chance for those interested in him as a landscape painter."
See No. 139 for this drawing. Described as:
" '139. Beech and Lime/ 2 Oct (18)97/ (?) Meadow Bradley.' Pencil."
Acquired by the British Museum in a cardboard mount annotated on the back:
"Sir Edward John Poynter P.R.A. (1836-1919)
'Beech and Lime 2Oct '97
Meadow Bradley
Pencil' [with price]
Annotated below: 81008/ 05
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 2019,7015.523