The Needles, Isle of Wight

John Martin (English, 1789–1854)

1834

Medium/TechniqueWatercolor on paper

DimensionsSheet: 8.9 × 12.7 cm (3 1/2 × 5 in.)
Framed (approx): 30.5 × 40.6 × 2.5 cm (12 × 16 × 1 in.)

Credit LineGift of Susan and Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr. in honor of Jim Wright

Accession number2018.111

On View

Not on view

ClassificationsWatercolors

Collections

ProvenanceBy 1953, Leonard G. Duke (b. 1890 – d. 1971), London [see note]; February 11, 1971, Duke sale, Sotheby’s, London, lot 136, to Gooden and Fox (dealer), London. 1972, sold by P. and D. Colnaghi, London, to Theodore Stebbins, Jr., Brookline, MA; 2018, gift of Theodore Stebbins, Jr. to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 21, 2018)

NOTE: He lent the watercolor to “An Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings by John Martin,” Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, September 23 – November 1, 1953, cat. no. 49 (as “Rocky Sea Coast and Sunset”).