Recto: Bridge at Shrewbury, Verso: Building Sketches
Artist
William Williams
(England, active 1763 - 1800)
Date1798
Mediumpencil
ClassificationsPaintings And Drawings
Dimensions9 x 12 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 numberABDAG017695
About MeOne of 99 drawings on 92 leaves of paper from a sketchbook used by William Williams.Recto: Pencil, drawn over as in tracing. The Bridge at Shrewsbury with handwritten notes for painting re colours and other aspects such as 'brick', 'white', 'very brown' annotating the sketch. The bridge is also seen in the distance on sketch number 23 (ABDAG017672).
Verso. Small rough studies of buildings with notes. 'not so high as St Mary's' written beside a spire of a church within a small village and 'Apley Castle' and 'High Arcal Hall' written beside a sketch of a fortified castle-house. Apley Castle is in Shropshire and High Arcal is in the West Midlands.
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.
Sir Robert Williams
1929
William Williams
1900-1949
School of Domestic Science, The Robert Gordon University
George Washington Wilson
1920-1922
