- Description
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- Creator
- William Mackinnon (active 1798)
- Title(s)
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- The Bonhay, Exeter
- Date
- ca. 1798
- Medium
- Watercolour
- Dimensions
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- image height 388mm,
- image width 572mm
- Inscription
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- sheet, recto, lower right
- “W Mackinnon”
- Object Type
- Watercolour
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- Collection
- Catalogue Number
- FT903
- Description Sources
- Author's examination of the work
Provenance
Purchased from Walrond in 1872 by the British Museum (1872,0309.437).
- Associated People & Organisations
- British Museum
Other entries in Other Pupils, identififed
William Mackinnon
View of Lausanne, after Johann Ludwig Aberli
View of Lausanne, after Johann Ludwig Aberli
Patience Carpenter, Lady Trelawny
A View on the Haven Banks of Part of the City of Exeter
A View on the Haven Banks of Part of the City of Exeter
Patience Carpenter, Lady Trelawny
Near the Cascade at the Head of Lake Windermere
Near the Cascade at the Head of Lake Windermere
Patience Carpenter, Lady Trelawny
A View near Countess Wear Bridge looking towards Topsham and Exmouth
A View near Countess Wear Bridge looking towards Topsham and Exmouth
William Mackinnon
Alpine Landscape, after Johann Ludwig Aberli
Alpine Landscape, after Johann Ludwig Aberli
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Comment
This is a watercolour drawn in Towne’s style, which was doubtless copied by Mackinnon. The watercolour is stuck down to a mount, but the subject is identified by the museum as the Bonhay, an area running along the Exe north of Exeter, perhaps on the basis of an inscription that is now obscured, or other information that was available at the time of acquisition. Here Mackinnon would be looking up the river with the city behind him. A date around 1798 is proposed simply on the grounds that this was the year when Mackinnon drew a view of Lausanne that shows Towne's influence.