Original pencil drawing on gray paper, titled and dated in pen below the image: "Farnley Hall, Yorkshire. 1824". A view of the front of the house among the great trees of the park, taken from nature. Laid down on period card.
Original pencil drawing on gray paper, titled and dated in pen below the image: "Farnley Hall, Yorkshire. 1824". A view of the front of the house among the great trees of the park, taken from nature. Laid down on period card.
Farnley Hall at Otley, West Yorkshire, was the home of Walter Ramsden Fawkes (1769-1825), friend and chief patron of J. M. W. Turner, who stayed there regularly between 1808 and 1824 and left an extensive collection of watercolors in the house. The drawing is from that last year.
Medium: Pencil drawing on gray paper.
Date: 1824.
Dimensions: Sheet 12.6 x 8.0 in (32 x 20.2 cm).
Condition: Laid down on period card, with rust stains on the card and at the edge of the sheet; the drawing well preserved.