Yale Center for British Art

Creator:: James Holland, 1799–1870, British
Title:: Margate
Date:: 1861
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with white gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 × 6 3/8 inches (10.2 × 16.2 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:: Inscribed in graphite, lower right: "Margate | Sept. 23d - 61"; inscribed on verso in graphite, upper left: "No.2 | B"; upper center: "B"; center left: "Y | R | O | Y | G | B | V"; center right: "VBGRORV"; lower left: "l.s NE"
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:: Public Domain
Accession Number:: B1977.14.6203
Classification:: Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:: buildings | coast | cliff | cityscape | landscape | rainbow
Associated Places:: Europe | United Kingdom | Kent | Margate | Thanet, Isle of | England
Currently On View:: Not on view
Publications:: Steve Bond, James Holland: the forgotten artist, Churnet Valley Books, Leek, Staffordshire, p. 78, NJ18.H719 B66 1999 (LC) (YCBA)
Link:: https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:10178