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Broadmeadows, Berwickshire

1840

Drawing : pencil; watercolour

Image credit University of Leeds

Details

Artist(s): unidentified artist, unknown(Artist)

Title: Broadmeadows, Berwickshire

Date created: 1840

Accession number: ART 042

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/1115

Collection group(s): Special Collections Art

Description

Object adhered to secondary support, probably not easily removable.

Ornate gilt frame, probably original.

Physical characteristics

Category: Drawing

Technique: pencil and wash

Medium: pencil; watercolour

Support: paper

Image: width 388mm height 260mm

Frame: width 620mm height 500mm

Object: width 530mm height 410mm

Measurement details: Frame very ornate so measurements are somewhat approximate.

Deframed 23/01/2019 [FP]

Features

Label for F.Gott Bequest
Inscribed on mount:

'Broadmeadows. Berwickshire. Year 1840.

The figures are Corithie [?] Abigail Mechaic [?] and her son James'

(difficult to read)

Accession details

Accession number: ART 042

Accession date: 1988

Source: Internal Transfer

Provenance

Found in Parkinson Building Room 303 on March 2 1988 and on authority of Mrs Anne Read moved to Art Collection Stores by HD. Part of the Mrs.F.Gott Bequest

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