Watercolour and graphite on paper
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/john-nash-1689" aria-label="More by John Nash" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">John Nash</a>
Avoncliffe Aqueduct
Purchased 1954
architecture
chimney
England
England, South West
England, Southern
house
industrial
landscape
Limpley Stoke
natural phenomena
places
reflection
residential
river
River Avon
townscapes / man-made features
UK cities, towns and villages
UK counties
UK countries and regions
UK natural features
valley
village
water: inland
Wiltshire
wooded
paper unique watercolour graphite
Avoncliffe from the Aqueduct
support: 387 × 495 mm
Purchased 1954
<p><b>N06215</b> AVONCLIFFE FROM THE AQUEDUCT <i>c.</i> 1926</p>
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<p>Inscr. ‘John Nash’ b.r.
<br/>Pencil and brown wash, 15 1/4×19 1/2 (39×49·5); the drawing is squared for enlargement.
<br/>Purchased from the Leicester Galleries (Cleve Fund) 1954.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> Leicester Galleries, March 1954 (11).</p>
<p>A view of the Avon from the aqueduct carrying the Kennet and Avon Canal over the River Avon near Limpley Stoke. Executed <i>c.</i> 1926 (letter of 2 May 1954). A <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/painting" title="Glossary definition for 'Painting'"><span>painting</span></a> (27×34 in.) done from this <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/d/drawing" title="Glossary definition for 'Drawing'"><span>drawing</span></a> was first (?) exhibited at the Goupil Gallery, October 1930 (42), and is still in the artist's possession.</p>
<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, <i>The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture</i>, London 1964, II
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2004-10-08T00:00:00
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architecture chimney England England, Southern England, South West house industrial landscape Limpley Stoke natural phenomena places reflection residential river River Avon townscapes / man-made features UK cities, towns and villages UK counties UK countries and regions UK natural features valley village water: inland Wiltshire wooded