JOSEPH MALLORD WILLIAM TURNER
The Cedars of Lebanon, 1832-1834
Pencil and watercolour, with scratching out
13 x 20.3 cm; 5 1/8 x 8 in
Provenance
Collection of James Wadmore (1782 - 1853);
his sale at Christie's, 5 June 1863 (lot 101, as 'Lebanon in Thunderstorm'), by Wallis;
Myles Kennedy;
his sale at Christie's, 16 March 1889 (lot 49);
Coll. Arthur Samuel;
Coll. Richard Nathanson, London, by 1979;
Sotheby's. London, 19 March 1981 (lot 181);
Private collection;
Christie's, London, 27 November 2002 (lot 7);
Private collection.
Exhibitions
London, Leighton House, Romantic Lebanon: The European View 1700-1900, 1986, no. 72, illustrated in colour, p. 29, as 'The Cedars of Lebanon'.
London, Royal Academy, Turner: The Great Watercolours, 2000 - 01, no. 83, illustrated in colour.