Keat's Grave in Rome
William Bell Scott (Edinburgh 1811 - Penkill Castle 1890)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1873
Materials
Watercolour on paper
Measurements
175 x 125 mm
Order this imageCollection
Wightwick Manor, West Midlands
NT 1288124
Summary
Watercolour on paper, Keat's Grave in Rome by William Bell Scott (Edinburgh 1811 - Penkill Castle 1890), 1873. A gravestone surrounded by box plants with castle walls in background and Roman remains, pressed boxwood leaf in front (from the actual grave), pale blue mount, glazed and framed in simple gilt frame, pale blue mount
Provenance
Originally at Penkhill Castle (home of artist), then purchased from Miss Courtney Boyd in 1965, subsequent owner of Penkhill Castle; given by Virginia Surtees in 2001
Marks and inscriptions
Wightwick Manor Staffordshire (printed lower left) Edwd.Hodkinson 1889 (signed lower right)
Makers and roles
William Bell Scott (Edinburgh 1811 - Penkill Castle 1890), publisher