Private collection, USA
Sunset across the Exe, Devon
- Oil on paper, laid onto card
- The original backing sheet inscribed in ink
by James Danby: ‘Francis Danby. A.R.A.’
Painted c.1855
Collections
- By descent in the Danby family until about 1930;
- With Andrew Wyld, London, by 1986;
- Barbara & Ernest Kafka, by 1988;
- Kafka sale, Sotheby’s, July 6 2022, lot 212;
- Lowell Libson & Jonny Yarker Ltd.
Exhibitions
- Bristol, City Museum and Art Gallery and London, Tate Britain, Francis Danby 1793-1861, 1988-89, no. 56
Literature
- Francis Greenacre, Francis Danby 1793-1861, exh. cat., Bristol (Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery), 1988, pp.122-123