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The Valley of the Tyne, My Native Country near Henshaw

The Valley of the Tyne, My Native Country near Henshaw

1842
(British, 1789–1854)
England, 19th century
watercolor, gouache and gum arabic with graphite underdrawing, sanding, and scraping
Sheet: 26.6 x 67.5 cm (10 1/2 x 26 9/16 in.)
Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1997.138
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

The setting of this watercolor is John Martin's native Northumberland, to which he was deeply attached and described having spent time there "exulting in the sublime grandeur of the surrounding beauties of nature."

Description

Panoramic landscapes in watercolor became an important source of income during John Martin’s late career. This work demonstrates his ability to convey monumentality on a small scale and to combine broad washes of color with meticulous detail. The sweeping vista in this drawing describes the fertile valley of the River Tyne, known for its forests, flora, and fauna. Curving arcs of slopes and plains swirl around the composition. A tiny couple and dog rush through the vast landscape beneath ominous storm clouds.
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    Henry [1854-1937] and Margaret [1854-1921] Hobhouse, Somerset
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    C. D. Hobhouse
    ?-1997
    (Spink-Leger Pictures, London, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH)
    1997-
    Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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    Feaver, William. The Art of John Martin. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1975. Mentioned: pp. 178-9, 232 n. 50, 233 n. 91; Reproduced: fig. 137
    Feaver, William. John Martin Loan Exhibition: Oil Paintings, Watercolours, Prints. Exh. Cat. London: Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox, 1975. Mentioned: no. 43
    British Paintings and Watercolours of the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries. Exh. Cat. London: Spink-Leger Pictures, 1997. Mentioned: no. 15
    Cleveland Museum of Art, “Major African Sculpture, Recent Mark Tansey Painting, and Other Works of Art Enter CMA Collection,” September 16, 1997, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. archive.org
    DeGrazia, Diane, and Carter E. Foster. Master Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Exh. Cat. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2000. Mentioned: pp. 190-191, 294, no. 78; Reproduced: p. 191
    Lemonedes, Heather. British Drawings: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Exh. Cat. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2013. Mentioned: pp. 60-3, 146-7, no. 19b; Reproduced: pp. 62-3
  • British Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art . The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 10-May 26, 2013).
    Master Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 27-October 17, 2000); The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, NY (May 23-August 19, 2001); Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX (October 14, 2001-January 6, 2002).
    British Paintings and Watercolours of the 17th, 18th and 19th Centuries. Spink-Leger Pictures, London (May 20 - June 6, 1997).
    John Martin Loan Exhibition: Oil Paintings, Watercolours, Prints. Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox, London (October 30 - November 21, 1975).
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1997.138