Joseph Mallord William Turner
English, 1775–1851
Hoolay Deedy, Seringapatam
c.1800
| Medium | watercolor and gouache over graphite on white wove paper |
| Dimensions | Sheet: 16 9/16 x 25 3/4 in. (42.1 x 65.4 cm) |
| Object Number | 2007.8.119 |
| Acquisition | Gift of the Manton Art Foundation in memory of Sir Edwin and Lady Manton, 2007 |
| Status | Off View |
Image Caption
Joseph Mallord William Turner, Hoolay Deedy, Seringapatam, c.1800, watercolor and gouache over graphite on white wove paper. Clark Art Institute, gift of the Manton Art Foundation in memory of Sir Edwin and Lady Manton, 2007.8.119
Select Bibliography
Leger Galleries. English Watercolours and Drawings. Leger Galleries, November 19-December 24, 1986. 1986.
Wilton, Andrew and David Blayney Brown. "Picture Notes: The Siege of Seringapatam." Turner Studies: His Art and Epoch 1775–1851 8, no. 1 (1988).
Wilton, Andrew. Turner, Girtin and Bonington: A New York Private Collection, Paintings, Watercolours, and Drawings. New York: Privately Published, 2001.
Clarke, Jay, ed. Landscape, Innovation, and Nostalgia: The Manton Collection of British Art. Williamstown, MA: The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 2012.
Provenance
[P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., Ltd., London, sold to Murphy as attributed to Williams Daniell, 1948]; Ray Livingston Murphy (1948–1986, sale, Christie’s, London, 18 Mar. 1986, no. 107, sold as attributed to Turner, sold to Leger); [Leger Galleries, Mar.–Nov. 1986, sold to Manton, Nov. 1986]; Sir Edwin A. G. Manton, New York (1986–d. 2005); Manton Family Art Foundation (2005–2007, given to the Clark); Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 2007.
