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Stanton Vissey

Artist (England, active 1763 - 1800)
Date1798
Mediumwatercolour with brush painting
ClassificationsPaintings And Drawings
Dimensions11 x 15 3/4 inches
AcquisitionPresented in 1957 by Miss Lizzie Hogarth.
CopyrightOut of copyright - CC0
LocationHistoric Loss - research into this object's history and current status is ongoing
Object numberABDAG017675
About MeOne of 99 drawings on 92 leaves of paper from a sketchbook used by William Williams.

A watercolour of blue and grey with some warm underpainting. Landscape with a conical hill in background to the right of centre, with cottages in the middle distance on the left . There are two figures on the footbridge in hte foreground. It is framed with a wash line surround with "Stanton Vissey" just outside the margin.

This drawing, along with 46 other leaves from the same sketchbook, is now untraced. Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums is keen to reunite the drawings as one album. If you have any information relating to the current whereabouts of this work please contact Aberdeen Art Gallery.