A Barge on a River

c. 1841

Medium	black and white chalks on blue wove paper
Dimensions	6 3/4 x 14 5/8 in. (17.1 x 37.1 cm)
Object Number	2007.20.14
Acquisition	Gift of the Manton Art Foundation in memory of Sir Edwin and Lady Manton, 2007
Status	Off View

Image Caption

Attributed to John Sell Cotman, A Barge on a River, c. 1841, black and white chalks on blue wove paper. Clark Art Institute, gift of the Manton Art Foundation in memory of Sir Edwin and Lady Manton, 2007.20.14

Select Bibliography

Clarke, Jay, ed. Landscape, Innovation, and Nostalgia: The Manton Collection of British Art. Williamstown, MA: The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 2012.

Provenance

Bruce Ingram (his sale, Sotheby’s, London, 17 Feb. 1965, no. 546, sold to Johnson); [Oscar & Peter Johnson, Ltd., sold to Manton, Apr. 1967]; Sir Edwin A. G. Manton, New York (1967–d. 2005); Manton Family Art Foundation (2005–2007, given to the Clark); Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 2007.