id:			518715
accession number:	2022.94
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2022.94
updated:		2023-03-22 03:05:36.764000

Luton Park, Bedfordshire, 1760s. Paul Sandby (British, 1731–1809). Watercolor over pencil, heightened with bodycolor and pen and gray ink on laid paper; sheet: 45.1 x 100.4 cm (17 3/4 x 39 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2022.94

title:				Luton Park, Bedfordshire
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creation date:			1760s
creation date earliest:		1760
creation date latest:		1769
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	England, 18th century
technique:	watercolor over pencil, heightened with bodycolor and pen and gray ink on laid paper
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - British
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* Paul Sandby (British, 1731–1809)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 45.1 x 100.4 cm (17 3/4 x 39 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Sotheby's, London, England), sold to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: ?-2022
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: September 12, 2022-
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fun fact:
The Earl of Bute, owner of the estate depicted in this watercolor, was the favorite minister of King George III of England.

digital description:
Paul Sandby’s <em>Luton Park, Bedfordshire</em>, belongs to a set of twelve views commissioned by John, 3rd Earl of Bute (1713–1792) in the mid-1760s. After a period of public life, Bute retreated to the country, purchasing Luton Park north of London, and commissioning Paul Sandby to make watercolors recording the estate’s buildings and grounds. In Sandby’s subtle but luminous style, the present drawing depicts the fields outside the estate’s Palladian-style gatehouse, which appears on the right, nestled among trees. Wheat fields and trees populate the distant vista, and, in the center, one sees a view of the Luton castle. The work stayed together with all twelve of Sandby’s drawings in an album at Luton Park until it was discovered in 1996.

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Christie, Manson &amp; Woods. Works of Art from the Bute Collection. 1996.
	page number: 	p. 202-203, lot 109
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	Sotheby's (Firm). Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries. 2022.
	page number: 	Lot 48
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IMAGES

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