Catalogue entry
Joshua Cristall 1767–1847
T01851 Beach Scene, Hastings c.1808
Inscribed ‘J. Cristall 1807–’ b.r. and ‘East Cliff Hastings’ on verso b.r.
Water colour, 7 3/16 x 11 13/16(18.3 x 30).
Purchased at Christie’s (Grant-in-Aid) 1974.
Coll:... ; Francis Llewellyn Jenks, sold Christie’s 30 January 1974 (56, repr.), bt. Colnaghi for the Tate Gallery.
Exh.V&A 1975
This watercolour is painted on two pieces of laid paper joined with a small overlap in the centre. Although dated ‘1807’ on the front, both sheets are clearly water- marked ‘1808’. No maker’s name is visible. Cristall is most unlikely to have obtained paper watermarked ‘1808’ before the year itself and if he did, only at the very end of 1807 (information from Mr J. N. Balston of W. & R. Balston Ltd). Cristall’s ‘1807’ is therefore unlikely to refer to the execution of the watercolour itself… (read more)
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