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Samuel Howitt (1756-1822)
The Hermitage at Frogmore c. 1775
Pencil, pen and ink and watercolour | 13.9 x 20.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 917753
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A watercolour drawing of the Hermitage at Frogmore, with a gentleman seated in the porch, a dog at his feet. Mounted on a grey and black wash-line bordered mount, and inscribed below in pen and ink over pencil, 'Hermitage in Queen's Lodge Frogmore. Howett Delin.' On the verso, traces of blue backing paper at each corner. Inscribed in pencil in various hands '[modern] Built in 1775 at the cost of £44,000'; 'Queen's Lodge at Frogmore by Howett.' and with the numbers 95 and 02701. Inscribed at the lower right corner in pen and ink, in a late eighteenth- or nineteenth-century hand: to retn F/.
Samuel Howitt was a painter of animals, landscapes and topography and made several drawings of the Windsor estate. The Hermitage at Frogmore no longer survives, but was an example of rustic garden retreats popular in the late eighteenth century.Provenance
Earl of Derby (Christie's, 19 October 1953, lot 137); Sabin; acquired for the Royal Library 22 October 1953
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Medium and techniques
Pencil, pen and ink and watercolour
Measurements
13.9 x 20.8 cm (sheet of paper)
Other number(s)
RL 17753Featured in
ExhibitionPainting Paradise: The Art of the Garden: The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace
This exhibition draws on oil paintings, works on paper, books, manuscripts and decorative arts from the Royal Collection to explore the way in which the garden inspired artists and craftsmen between 1500 and 1900.
