Paintings, Prints & Drawings — C. 1890
Captain Cuttle's Lodging
This watercolour depicts an imaginary place in one of Dickens's novels, namely Captain Cuttle's Lodging in Dombey & Son 1846-48. It was supposed to be at Brig Place, India Docks.
Very little is known about James Lawson Stewart who exhibited watercolours in various London galleries between 1883-1889. He died in c. 1918 and towards the end of life was employed to copy prints of London; the accuracy of some of the locations should therefore be questioned.
The Museum was gifted a large selection of watercolours featuring locations which appeared in Dickens's works in 1934 and a set of cigarette cards was issued by R and J Hill Ltd in 1926 and 1934 entitled Historic Places from Dickens Classics which featured watercolours by Stewart.
- Category:
- Paintings, Prints & Drawings
- Object ID:
- 54.45/25
- Object name:
- Captain Cuttle's Lodging
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- Artist/Maker:
- Stewart, James Lawson
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- Production date:
- c. 1890
- Material:
paper, watercolour
- Measurements/duration:
- H 357 mm, W 255 mm (paper)
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- Record quality:
- 100%
- Part of this object:
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- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
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