Skaters on the Serpentine in Hyde Park, 1786

Not on View

Medium

pen and black ink and watercolor on laid paper; laid down

Dimensions

Overall: 22.2 x 30.1 cm (8 3/4 x 11 7/8 in.)
support: 27.1 x 35 cm (10 11/16 x 13 3/4 in.)
mat: 40.6 x 55.9 cm (16 x 22 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Paul Mellon

Accession Number

1987.82.1

Artists / Makers

Julius Caesar Ibbetson (artist) British, 1759 - 1817

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right in pen and ink: Julius Ibbetson [ad Vivum?] del 1786; by unknown hand, lower right on mount in ink: View on the Serpentine River. looking towards Hyde Park Corner.; on seperate sheet of paper (see object folder), across center in pen and ink: A View on the Serpentine River. looking towards Hyde Park Corner. Drawn from Nature 1786.

Provenance

(Morton Morris & Company, London); Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon; gift 1987 to the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Morton Morris & Company Ltd.

Exhibition History

1987: English Drawings and Watercolors, 1630-1850, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1987-1988, no cat.

1999: An Enduring Legacy: Masterpieces from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1999-2000.

2006: The Artist's Vision: Romantic Traditions in Great Britain, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2006 - 2007

2016: In Celebration of Paul Mellon, NGA, 2016.