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Original Early 19th Century Antique British School Grisaille Watercolour Painting Sketch River & Mountain Landscape
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Original Early 19th Century Antique British School Grisaille Watercolour Painting Sketch River & Mountain Landscape

19th century
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Type of artwork: Original Antique watercolour on paper

Artist and Signature: Not Attributed but possibly by Lady Julia Gordon *

Provenance: * Purchased in a collection of works including other works including works by Lady Julia Isabella Lavinia Gordon (née Bennet) 1772 - 1867

Subject: This atmospheric river scene resembles the Meuse Valley near Fre r, an area renowned for its dramatic limestone cliffs and tranquil river bends. The towering pale rock faces on one bank, balanced by darker wooded slopes on the opposite side, closely match the landscape characteristics of this stretch of the River Meuse

Approximate age of artwork: Circa 1830-1840

Is the artwork Framed or Mounted: Mounted as shown (unframed).

Condition Report: Age-related toning and light creasing consistent with a period sketch; overall good and honest condition. Please see photographs.

Size of painting incl. mount 36 x 28 cm (mount aperture approx. 25 x 17 cm)

Physical Dimensions
Height
28cm (11.02")
Width
36cm (14.17")
Declaration

Strickland & Russell has dated this Grisaille Landscape Watercolour Painting to the 1800s.

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SA1194581
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Description
Type of artwork: Original Antique watercolour on paper

Artist and Signature: Not Attributed but possibly by Lady Julia Gordon *

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Provenance: * Purchased in a collection of works including other works including works by Lady Julia Isabella Lavinia Gordon (née Bennet) 1772 - 1867.
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fig 1. An early nineteenth-century monochrome landscape study depicting dramatic rocky cliffs along a river with small boats rendered in sepia tones.
fig 1. Original Early 19th Century Antique British School Grisaille Watercolour Painting Sketch River & Mountain Landscape

Subject: This atmospheric river scene resembles the Meuse Valley near Fre r, an area renowned for its dramatic limestone cliffs and tranquil river bends. The towering pale rock faces on one bank, balanced by darker wooded slopes on the opposite side, closely match the landscape characteristics of this stretch of the River Meuse

fig 2. An early nineteenth-century monochrome landscape study depicting dramatic rocky cliffs along a river with small boats rendered in sepia tones.
fig 2. Original Early 19th Century Antique British School Grisaille Watercolour Painting Sketch River & Mountain Landscape

Approximate age of artwork: Circa 1830-1840

Is the artwork Framed or Mounted: Mounted as shown (unframed).

Condition Report: Age-related toning and light creasing consistent with a period sketch; overall good and honest condition. Please see photographs.

Size of painting incl. mount 36 x 28 cm (mount aperture approx. 25 x 17 cm)

Height
28cm (11.02")
Width
36cm (14.17")
Date of Manufacture

Strickland & Russell has dated this Grisaille Landscape Watercolour Painting to the 1800s.

Reference Numbers
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SA1194581
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Archive I An early nineteenth-century monochrome landscape study depicting dramatic rocky cliffs along a river with small boats rendered in sepia tones.

Original Early 19th Century Antique British School Grisaille Watercolour Painting Sketch River & Mountain Landscape

Archive II An early nineteenth-century monochrome landscape study depicting dramatic rocky cliffs along a river with small boats rendered in sepia tones. View II
Archive III An early nineteenth-century monochrome landscape study depicting dramatic rocky cliffs along a river with small boats rendered in sepia tones. View III
Archive IV An early nineteenth-century monochrome landscape study depicting dramatic rocky cliffs along a river with small boats rendered in sepia tones. View IV
Archive V An early nineteenth-century monochrome landscape study depicting dramatic rocky cliffs along a river with small boats rendered in sepia tones. View V
Archive VI An early nineteenth-century monochrome landscape study depicting dramatic rocky cliffs along a river with small boats rendered in sepia tones. View VI
Archive VII An early nineteenth-century monochrome landscape study depicting dramatic rocky cliffs along a river with small boats rendered in sepia tones. View VII
Archive VIII An early nineteenth-century monochrome landscape study depicting dramatic rocky cliffs along a river with small boats rendered in sepia tones. View VIII
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An early nineteenth-century monochrome landscape study depicting dramatic rocky cliffs along a river with small boats rendered in sepia tones.
Original early 19th Century Antique British School Grisaille Watercolour Painting Sketch River & Mountain Landscape
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An early nineteenth-century monochrome landscape study depicting dramatic rocky cliffs along a river with small boats rendered in sepia tones.
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Grisaille landscape watercolours are monochrome works executed in shades of a single tone, such as sepia or grey, popularised in Britain during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries for topographical and romantic studies.

Artists typically utilised rag paper, washes made from natural pigments or sepia ink, and highlights rendered in white chalk or opaque gouache heightening.

Authentication involves examining paper characteristics such as laid lines or period wove structures, identifying natural age toning, and analysing historical wash application techniques.

These tonal works are effectively displayed when housed in conservation-grade mounts and simple dark frames, layered into gallery walls or positioned above traditional sideboards.

Works on paper must be protected from direct light and relative humidity fluctuations, using archival acid-free backing materials and UV-protective glazing.
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