Watercolour drawing
Smith, John Warwick
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1782
Materials
paper
Measurements
240 x 322 mm
Order this imageCollection
Wallington, Northumberland
NT 582336.1
Summary
Watercolour drawing of a Roman landscape by John Warwick Smith, 1782. This one shows a ruin in the background with a river to the fore. A man is standing beside a tree to the right of the picture. Signed Rome 1782. One of a pair. "Sir John Trevelyan, 5th Baronet (1761-1846) was in Italy in 1781, where it is possible he first came across Smith, or his work. He became one of Smith’s most dedicated patrons". (from the website www.abbottandholder.co.uk/warwick-smith)
Provenance
Gift from Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan 3rd Bt
Marks and inscriptions
Front bottom right: Signed Rome 1782 [possibly Sir Johns signature in bottom right corner but illegible]
Makers and roles
Smith, John Warwick, artist previously catalogued as by Sir John Trevelyan, 5th Bt (1761-1846), artist