- Title:
Kennington Common
- Date:
- 1776
- Medium:
- Watercolor with gray ink and gouache over graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 13 1/4 x 20 1/4 inches (33.7 x 51.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in black ink, lower center: "S H Grimm fecit 1776"; in brown ink, verso, now covered by backing sheet: "A view of Kennington. Common by Samuel Jerome Grimm | who was in England in 1760. and died here in 1794"
Watermarks: J Whatman
Signed and dated in black ink, lower center: "S H Grimm fecit 1776"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.4.1531
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- bonnets (hats) | buildings | capes (outerwear) | carriage | children | common | costume | cows | donkeys | dresses | fences | genre subject | horses (animals) | landscape | leisure | men | people | pigs | trees | walking | women
- Associated Places:
- England | Kennington | Kent | United Kingdom
- Access:
- View by request in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:9850
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