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The Needles, Isle of Wight
John Martin (English, 1789–1854)
1834
Medium/Technique
Watercolor on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 8.9 × 12.7 cm (3 1/2 × 5 in.)
Framed (approx): 30.5 × 40.6 × 2.5 cm (12 × 16 × 1 in.)
Framed (approx): 30.5 × 40.6 × 2.5 cm (12 × 16 × 1 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Susan and Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr. in honor of Jim Wright
Accession Number2018.111
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsWatercolors
Signed
Signed and dated in l.l. "John Martin 1834"
ProvenanceBy 1953, Leonard G. Duke (b. 1890 – d. 1971), London [see note]; February 11, 1971, Duke sale, Sotheby’s, London, lot 136, to Gooden and Fox (dealer), London. 1972, sold by P. and D. Colnaghi, London, to Theodore Stebbins, Jr., Brookline, MA; 2018, gift of Theodore Stebbins, Jr. to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 21, 2018)
NOTE: He lent the watercolor to “An Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings by John Martin,” Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, September 23 – November 1, 1953, cat. no. 49 (as “Rocky Sea Coast and Sunset”).
NOTE: He lent the watercolor to “An Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings by John Martin,” Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, September 23 – November 1, 1953, cat. no. 49 (as “Rocky Sea Coast and Sunset”).