A River Estuary
John William Buxton Knight (Sevenoaks 1842/43 - Dover 1908)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1863 - 1908
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
495 x 749 mm (19 1/2 x 29 1/2 in)
Order this imageCollection
Standen House and Garden, West Sussex
NT 1214795
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, A River Estuary, by John William Buxton Knight (Sevenoaks 1843 – Dover 1908). Mud-flats with figures a distant horizon and expansive cloudy sky.
Provenance
Acquired from Mr Arthur Grogan, 1987
Marks and inscriptions
Verso: on bottom stretcher in black stencil: 165 TY; on top stretcher in black stencil (incomplete): 716 PT; paper tag stapled to stretcher: 6858/2236A/5 May 1966 [the 6 scratched out with black pen] /86; small paper label with red border on stretcher: 27; various numbers in white chalk on stretcher [see Conservation Condition Report for transcription]: 176? - ?5/Oct 27 '67/??? 129 FW 81; chalk mark on top of frame: 1661 Y.
Makers and roles
John William Buxton Knight (Sevenoaks 1842/43 - Dover 1908), artist