St. Mary Cray Church, Kent: A Christening

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

An engraving after a version of this painting of St Mary Cray Church, Hayes, by John Inigo Richards (possibly after this version) was published in 1774 by Robert Sayer and an example is in the British Museum, London. The image of the engraved version is reversed from the original. However, a smaller (23 x 28 inch) oil painting of St Mary Cray Church by Richards sold through Christie's, London, on 5 November 1954 (Lot 227).

Two watercolours by Richards showing the church, both signed and dated 1774, were sold through Boardman Fine Art, Haverhill, Suffolk, in 1995. Another pair of watercolour views of the church by Richards, one signed and dated 1775, were sold through Phillips, London, in 1997.

Two watercolour views of the church by the painter Jonathan Skelton, dated 1755 and 1757, are also in the British Museum.

Places

England, St Mary Cray: Church of St Mary, St Mary Cray, Kent, London, Bromley

Subjects

landscape C18th, genre, tree, bull, cow, dog, horse, baby, man, woman, gravestone, christening, fence, gate, churchyard, cemetery, house, church, spire

Materials & Techniques

canvas, oil, oil painting

Artist

John Inigo Richards (1730/1 - 1810)

Title

St. Mary Cray Church, Kent: A Christening

Date

1796

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 76.00 cm, width: 113.00 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Professor Michael Grant via H M Luther, May 1971

Inscription

sd

Provenance

Collection of Col. M. H. Grant; Professor Michael Grant, from whom purchased via H M Luther 1971

GAC number

9269