The Art Institute of Chicago
Sunset over a rocky bay
- Pencil and watercolour, heightened with touches of bodycolour and with scratching out on paper
- 9 ⅜ × 14 ⅝ inches · 238 × 371 mm
- Signed and dated 'J. Martin. 1839 [?]' (lower left)
Collections
- Norman D. Newall (1888-1952);
- Newall sale, Christie's, London, 13 December 1979, lot 51, illustrated in colour (sold £22,000);
- Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 8 July 1997, lot 32;
- Private collection, purchased at the above sale, to 2024;
- Anonymous sale, Christie’s, London, 4 December 2024, lot 224;
- Lowell Libson and Jonny Yarker Ltd acquired from the above.
Exhibitions
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Laing Art Gallery, Festival of Britain Exhibition, Tyneside's Contribution to Art, 1951, no. 227;
- London, Royal Academy, and Washington, National Gallery of Art, The Great Age of British Watercolours 1750-1880, January-July 1993, no. 210, pl. 221, reproduced.