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A Ruined Abbey by a Waterfall

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A Ruined Abbey by a Waterfall

William Payne

Date
c. 1800
Medium
watercolor and gouache with graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 21.1 × 29.2 cm (8 5/16 × 11 1/2 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2016.76.2
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Time span
1776 to 1800
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Ruins
  • Landscape
  • Forest
  • Waterfall
  • Figures
Provenance

Blair Castle, Blair Atholl, Scotland; (their sale, Christie's London, 9 December 2015, no.233); (C. G. Boerner, New York); purchased 2016 by NGA.

Inscription

lower left verso in pen and brown ink: W. Payne; by later hand, upper left in graphite: 233

NGA object ID 206252. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.