'Loughrigg Mountain and River Brathy, near Ambleside - Sun-Set', Ramsay Richard Reinagle

Artwork details

Artist

Ramsay Richard Reinagle (1775‑1862)

Title

Loughrigg Mountain and River Brathy, near Ambleside - Sun-Set

Date 1808

MediumWatercolour on paper

Dimensionssupport: 511 x 711 mm

Collection

Tate

Acquisition Presented by the Friends of the Tate Gallery 1974

Reference

T01861

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Catalogue entry

Ramsay Richard Reinagle1775–1862

T01861 Loughrigg Mountain and River Brathy, near Ambleside – Sun-Set 1808

Inscribed ‘1808 R.R. Reinagledelt.’b.l.
Watercolour and pencil, 20¿ x 2715/16 (51.1 x 71).
Presented by the Friends of the Tate Gallery 1974.
Coll: Possibly in the Kinnaird family since the artist’s day; sold by Hazlitt Gallery Ltd on behalf of Lord Kinnaird, Christie’s 6 November 1973 (115), bt. Spink and Son Ltd.
Exh: Society of Painters in Water Colours 1808 (41); The Old Watercolour Society and its Founder-Members, Spink and Son Ltd, 1973 (not in catalogue); English Watercolour Drawings, Spink and Son Ltd, 1974 (167).

On the back is a pencil inscription recording Reinagle’s work on the composition: ‘½2 days with the sketch and 1½ days [? more ] to Feb 11th, ¿ of a day ½ ditto’… (read more)