Study of a Burn
Joan Kathleen Harding Eardley (Warnham 1921 – Killearn 1963)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1955 - 1958
Materials
Gouache on paper
Place of origin
Scotland
Order this imageCollection
Mottisfont, Hampshire
NT 769744
Summary
Gouache on paper, Study of a Burn by Joan Kathleen Harding Eardley (Warnham 1921 – Killearn 1963), signed bottom left 'Joan Eardley'. A gouache study of a burn, the Scottish term for a large stream or small river, probably at Caverslee in the Ettrick Valley near Selkirk on the Scottish Borders. Caverslee was the home of Eardley's close friend, Audrey Walker. Exhibited 1958, joint exhibition with William Gilles, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, July 1958.
Provenance
Presented to the National Trust for display at Mottisfont Abbey by Derek Hill through the National Art Collections Fund (Art Fund), 1996.
Credit line
Mottisfont Abbey,The Derek Hill Collection (presented to the National Trust through the National Art-Collections Fund in 1996)
Marks and inscriptions
Bottom left: Joan Eardley
Makers and roles
Joan Kathleen Harding Eardley (Warnham 1921 – Killearn 1963), artist
References
Hill 1964: Derek Hill, ‘A Tribute to Joan Eardley’, Apollo, 1 May 1964, p. 419 Oliver 1988: Cordelia Oliver, Joan Eardley, RSA: A Biography, Edinburgh 1988 Pearson and Stevenson 2007, 2019: Fiona Pearson and Sara Stevenson, Joan Eardley, exh.cat. Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh, 2007, reprint edition 2019 Andreae 2013: Christopher Andreae, Joan Eardley, London 2013 Peploe 2015: Guy Peploe, Joan Eardley n Context, exh.cat. The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, 2015 Jansen and Peploe 2017: Christina Jansen and Guy Peploe, Joan Eardley, Restless Talent, exh.cat. The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh 2017
