Watercolour on paper
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/edward-john-gregory-223" aria-label="More by Edward John Gregory" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Edward John Gregory</a>
Marooning
Presented by Sir Henry Tate 1894
adults
bank
Berkshire
boat, canoe
clothing and personal items
Cookham - non-specific
England
England, South East
England, Southern
natural phenomena
newspaper - non-specific
objects
parasol
people
places
reading, writing, printed matter
reflection
river
River Thames
society
sunshine
transport: water
UK cities, towns and villages
UK counties
UK countries and regions
UK natural features
water: inland
weather
woman
paper unique watercolour
Marooning
support: 368 × 457 mm
Presented by <a href="/search?gid=999999962" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Sir Henry Tate</a> 1894
<p><b>N01704</b> MAROONED 1887
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<br/>Inscr. ‘E J Gregory 87’ b.l.
<br/>Watercolour, 14 1/4×18 (36·2×45·7).
<br/>Tate Gift 1894.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> R.I., 1888 (547).
<br/><i>Repr:</i> <i>Art Journal</i>, 1894, p.1; Tate Gallery, <i>Illustrated Catalogue</i>, 1912, p.118.</p>
<p>The artist used to stay at Cookham and Marlow and painted a number of river scenes. This is 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/w/watercolour" title="Glossary definition for 'Watercolour'"><span>watercolour</span></a> version of the oil <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> ‘Marooned’ which was exhibited at the R.A. in 1887 (839) and purchased by the artist's patron, Charles Galloway of Manchester (sold Christie's, 2 June 1905; repr. <i>Studio</i>, XLVIII, 1909, p.87, as in the Collection of W. H. Henderson). It was previously catalogued as ‘Marooning’.</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, I
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Catalogue entry
2004-09-23T00:00:00
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adults bank Berkshire boat, canoe clothing and personal items Cookham - non-specific England England, South East England, Southern natural phenomena newspaper - non-specific objects parasol people places reading, writing, printed matter reflection river River Thames society sunshine transport: water UK cities, towns and villages UK counties UK countries and regions UK natural features water: inland weather woman