Kedleston Hall from the South
attributed to George Cuitt, the Elder (Moulton 1743 - Richmond 1818)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1750 - 1820
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
902 x 1664 mm (35 ½ x 65 ½ in)
Place of origin
Great Britain
Order this imageCollection
Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 108774
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Kedleston Hall from the South by George Cuitt, the Elder (Moulton 1743 – Richmond 1818). Its pendant is Kedleston Hall from the north-west by George Cuitt, KED/P/34 (Scarsdale Collection). Landscape with a view of Kedleston Hall from the south. One of a pair of pictures of the new house, formerly attributed to Joseph Farington, but now – somewhat speculatively – to Cuitt, whose only attested activity is for his patrons, the Dundas family, and in his native Yorkshire and Wales. Distant view of Kedleston Hall right of centre. Small sailing boat on lake to right and group of deer lower right.
Provenance
Gifted to the National Trust in 1986 by Francis Curzon, 3rd Viscount Scarsdale (1924-2000).
Credit line
Kedleston Hall, The Scarsdale Collection (acquired with the help of the National Heritage Memorial Fund and transferred to The National Trust in 1987)
Makers and roles
attributed to George Cuitt, the Elder (Moulton 1743 - Richmond 1818), publisher previously catalogued as attributed to Joseph Farington, RA (Leigh, Manchester 1747 - Didsbury, Canada 1821), publisher