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Alexander Nasmyth: A prospect of London, seen from the Earl of Cassilis's privy garden, with Waterloo bridge beyond  wikidata:Q124545738 reasonator:Q124545738
Artist
Alexander Nasmyth  (1758–1840)  wikidata:Q966180
 
Alexander Nasmyth
Description Scottish painter
Date of birth/death 9 September 1758 Edit this at Wikidata 10 April 1840 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Edinburgh Edinburgh
Work period Romanticism
era QS:P2348,Q37068
Work location
Rome (1783–1784); Italy (1783–1784); Haarlem; London (1799); Edinburgh (1803) Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q966180
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Title
A prospect of London, seen from the Earl of Cassilis's privy garden, with Waterloo bridge beyond
label QS:Len,"A prospect of London, seen from the Earl of Cassilis's privy garden, with Waterloo bridge beyond"
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Date 1826
date QS:P571,+1826-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 139.5 cm (54.9 in); width: 208 cm (81.8 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,139.5U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,208U174728
Private collection
institution QS:P195,Q768717
Object history
  • commissioned by Archibald Kennedy, 12th Earl of Cassilis (1770-1846)
  • Then owned by Lady Anne Kennedy, his daughter.
  • Passed through marriage to Sir David Baird, 2nd Bt.
  • Passed through descent to Sir David Baird, 5th Bt.
  • Sold to Ian MacNicol (Glasgow) in 1958
  • Later owned by Lord Inchcape.
  • Sold by Sothebys, on 12 July 1989 (lot 79)
  • Sold by Bonhams for £446,650 on 17 June 2003.
Inscriptions
  • Reverse of canvas: "painted by/Alex Nasmyth/Edinburgh 1826"
Notes Cropped to remove frame.
References Description of the house from the Survey of London
Source/Photographer Bonhams, London, 17 Jun 2003, lot 58
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