A Collection Of Water Colour Drawings In The Possession Of Walter Fawkes, Esq.
RA Collection: Book
Record number
06/2633
Imprint
London:: Printed By Benjamin Bensley,, M DCCC XIX.
Physical Description
[3-]20 p., frontis., [1] pl.; 238 mm.
Contents
[Frontis., t.p., dedic.] - Extracts From The Observations On Mr. Fawkes's Collection Of Water Colour Drawings; Made In The Daily Papers And Other Publications During The Months Of May And June. A.D. 1819 - [Text] - [Colophon] - [Plate].
Responsibility Note
The frontispiece is signed as drawn by I.M.W. Turner, R.A., and engraved by Henry Moses. The plate is unsigned.
The printer is named again in the colophon: 'Printed By Benjamin Bensley, Nelson Square.'
The work is dedicated by W. Fawkes to J.M.W. Turner.
The printer is named again in the colophon: 'Printed By Benjamin Bensley, Nelson Square.'
The work is dedicated by W. Fawkes to J.M.W. Turner.
Summary Note
The catalogue lists many works by J.M.W. Turner, Fawkes's friend, and some by Robson, Smith, Atkinson, Varley, Hills, Dewint, Glover, Prout, Gilpin, J. Ibbetson, Garrard, E. Swinburne, Heaphy, Nicholson, Fielding, Cristal, Cox. Most of these paintings are landscapes.
The frontispiece is captioned and shows 'Mr. Fawkes's Gallery'. The plate shows a mountain stream with a list of British water-colour painters.
The frontispiece is captioned and shows 'Mr. Fawkes's Gallery'. The plate shows a mountain stream with a list of British water-colour painters.
Provenance
Presented by Walter Fawkes by hand of J.M.W. Turner, RA; acknowledged RA Council Minutes, VI, 90 (6 Nov. 1819).
Binding Note
19th-century red morocco; spine lettered 'Catalogue Of Mr. Fawkes's gallery Of Water Colour Drawings'.
Name as Subject
Subject
Landscapes (environments) - Great Britain - History
Landscapes (representations) - Watercolors (paintings) - Great Britain - 18th century - 19th century
Collections - Great Britain - 19th century
Catalogues - Great Britain - 19th century
Landscapes (representations) - Watercolors (paintings) - Great Britain - 18th century - 19th century
Collections - Great Britain - 19th century
Catalogues - Great Britain - 19th century
Contributors
Benjamin Bensley, printer
J.M.W. Turner RA, dedicatee, source artist, draughtsman
Henry Moses, engraver
Walter Ramsden Hawkesworth Fawkes, author, previous owner, donor
J.M.W. Turner RA, dedicatee, source artist, draughtsman
Henry Moses, engraver
Walter Ramsden Hawkesworth Fawkes, author, previous owner, donor
