Eskdale
John Martin (Haydon Bridge 1789 - Douglas 1854)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1841 (signed and dated)
Materials
Watercolour on paper
Measurements
241 x 330 mm (9 1/2 x 13 in)
Order this imageCollection
Cragside, Northumberland
NT 1230374
Summary
Watercolour on paper, Eskdale, by John Martin (Haydon Bridge 1789 - Douglas 1854), signed and dated 1841. A stream with trees and water lilies.
Provenance
Purchased by Sir William George Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong of Cragside (1810-1900), from the sale of Lord Dunmore's collection at Christie's in 1874; thence by descent; transferred by the Treasury to The National Trust in 1977 via the National Land Fund, aided by 3rd Baron Armstrong of Bamburgh and Cragside (1919 - 1987).
Marks and inscriptions
J. Martin 1841
Makers and roles
John Martin (Haydon Bridge 1789 - Douglas 1854) , artist
References
Armstrong c.1876, William George Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong of Cragside, undated manuscript list of pictures c.1876, no.27 E. Rimbault Dibdin, ‘Lord Armstrong’s Collection of Modern Pictures. – I.’, The Magazine of Art, vol.125, March 1891 , p.165