Dundee Art Galleries & Museum: 272-1987-20
Artist: Brunet-Debaines, Alfred-Louis
Date: 1877
State: 1/1
Size: 22.2 x 17.2 cm
Medium: Etching
| Details | Etching. Brown ink on wove paper. The New York Times, 30th July 1877 carried an advert for a series of works by Brunet-Debaines; ‘M. Brunet Debaines has undertaken a collection of Etchings of London which will be issued only to subscribers. The first series will include the Interior of the Temple Church, Fountain Court, Temple [although identified as separate prints Fountain Court and Temple are likely to be the single print Fountain Court, Temple], Temple Bar, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, St. Pauls from the River and Corn-Barges on the Thames and its completion will depend upon the number of subscriptions. Messrs. Seeley & Co., No. 54 Fleet-street, London, have consented to receive subscriptions, and the first series of six etchings will be sold for 2 guineas. Artist’s proofs to the number of 100 will be issued on Japanese paper.’ Orchar owned a complete set of Etchings of London therefore it seems likely he was one of the subscribers and purchased them during 1877. Brunet-Debaines also exhibited four prints at the 1882 Dundee Fine Art Exhibition (Danse de Nymphes d’apres: after Corot; Artist’s Proof on Japanese paper (No. 855, £8.8), The Corn Field: after Constable; Artist’s Proof on Japanese paper (No. 856, £9.9), The Burial of Wilkie: after Turner; Exhibited by the Fine Art Society (No. 861, £6.6) and Evening in Arcadia: after Corot; Exhibited by the Fine Art Society (No.1709, £10.10). He also exhibited three washed drawings (The Staircase, Christ College, Cambridge; Fountain Court, Temple, London and Interior of Temple Church, London at the same exhibition (No. 994, £8.8) |
| Description | Fountain Court was a popular leisure spot, close to the banks of the Thames, in central London, especially during the summer and Brunet-Debaines captures this sense of a little piece of the countryside in the middle of an urban area well. The fountain itself can be seen in the centre of the foreground. |
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