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Sutherland Album, by Elizabeth Leveson-Gower, watercolor, 1812

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Overview

Sutherland Album is a 1812 watercolor by Elizabeth Leveson-Gower, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.

Who painted this?
Elizabeth Leveson-Gower
When & what style?
1812 · Romanticism
Where can I see it?
Victoria and Albert Museum

The story of this work

Overview

The Sutherland Album is a compilation of watercolors, sketches, and prints by amateur artists connected through family ties, accompanied by handwritten poems and letter extracts. Among the contributors are Elizabeth Leveson-Gower, Countess of Sutherland, her nieces Elizabeth Howard and Caroline Howard, and other relatives such as the Countess of Harewood and Lady Caroline Georgiana Howard. The album includes a watercolor of a cottage at the foot of a wooded hill, identified as the Cambusmore Estate near Sutherland, alongside works depicting Castle Howard and Belvoir Castle. Its compilation…

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About the artist

Artist

Elizabeth Leveson-Gower

This artist painted landscapes and scenes in watercolor during the late 1700s to early 1800s.

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