Albert Goodwin, R.W.S. (1845-1932)

The Falls of the Rhine at Schaffhausen, Germany

Details

Albert Goodwin, R.W.S. (1845-1932)
The Falls of the Rhine at Schaffhausen, Germany
signed with monogram and dated 'AG/89' (lower right), and inscribed with title on the original backing (according to a label attached to the backboard)
pencil and watercolour heightened with touches of white and with scratching out
9.5/8 x 11 in. (24.5 x 27.9 cm.)

Provenance

J. Holmstrom.
with Michael Bryan, London.

Exhibited

London, Royal Society of Painters in Watercolour, Winter 1889, no. 330.

Lot Essay

The present watercolour is inspired by a Turner watercolour in the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery (see A. Wilton, The Life and Work of J.M.W. Turner, London and Fribourg, 1979, no. 406). Based on a sketch made in 1802 (TB LXXXIX-E), Turner's watercolour was executed in 1831-2 and engraved by J.B. Allen for The Keepsake in 1833. It originally belonged to John Ruskin, and it is possible that Goodwin saw it in his collection.

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