Study of Sky
Barbara Townsend (1842 - Mompesson House 1939)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1870 (inscribed)
Materials
Watercolour on paper
Measurements
118 x 209 mm
Order this imageCollection
Mompesson House, Wiltshire
NT 724045
Summary
Watercolour on paper, Study of Sky by Barbara Townsend (1842 - Mompesson House 1939), 1870 Depicting a primarily mauve, pink and yellow sky. An inscription at the bottom of the album page reads 'Skies while S (?) and J. (?) were going to India. Feb. 1870 (?).' Within a bound album (MHS/P/58) containing other watercolours by Barbara Townsend. The album page is numbered 13. The number 23 is annotated in pencil below bottom right-hand corner of the watercolour.
Marks and inscriptions
Skies while S (?) and J. (?) were going to India. Feb. 1870 (?).
Makers and roles
Barbara Townsend (1842 - Mompesson House 1939), artist