{"title":"Page, William (1794–1872)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eWilliam Page (1794–1872) was a landscape painter, watercolourist and traveller, best known for views of the people and antiquities of Greece. He attended the Royal Academy schools in 1812 to 1813 and in 1816 exhibited views of North Wales. The date of Page's visit to Greece is not known precisely, but it is believed to have been before 1822, during which time he also visited Turkey. He is recorded as being in Athens in 1818. This time of travel provided rich subject matter which it is likely he repeated and revisited for years to come. William Page, along with J.M.W. Turner, contributed illustrations for Finden's Landscape Illustrations to the Life and Works of Byron, published by John Murray in London, 1832–4. Turner had never visited Greece so based some of his subjects on working sketches by Page.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"william-page-british-landscape-with-hills-cottages-original-early-19th-century-watercolour-painting-kc-921","title":"Circle of William Page, British Landscape with Hills \u0026 Cottages – Early 19th-century watercolour painting","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn original early 19th-century watercolour painting – Circle of William Page, British Landscape with Hills \u0026amp; Cottages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis landscape view in brown wash is one of an interesting collection of works by \/ attributed to William Page (1794–1872) that we have for sale.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe drawing is left unfinished, revealing the artist's process and significant graphite underdrawing, which might subsequently have been covered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOther drawings in the collection are by Page, but due to its unfinished nature it is difficult to confidently ascribe the picture to him. The view appears to be British; Page is known to have painted in North Wales, Cumbria and Yorkshire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn brown wash with graphite, on rough paper.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Somerset \u0026 Wood","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53690764132681,"sku":"KC-921","price":44.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/4306\/5161\/files\/KC-921.jpg?v=1771929267"},{"product_id":"william-page-coastline-with-ruin-wall-possibly-corfu-greece-original-early-19th-century-watercolour-painting-kc-915","title":"Circle of William Page, Coastline with Ruin Wall, Possibly Corfu, Greece – Early 19th-century watercolour painting","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn original early 19th-century watercolour painting – Circle of William Page, Coastline with Ruin Wall, Possibly Corfu, Greece.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis interesting watercolour forms part of our William Page (1794–1872) collection. It matches a composition by Page in the British Museum (1995,0121.16). The present drawing is inscribed 'Mrs C.J. No.4', which suggests that it is possibly a copy of Page's original by one of his pupils. Page is known to have been a drawing master; the British Museum sketch is part of a group of works related to a pupil, Harriet Pemberton, and includes works by both Page and Pemberton. In the Pemberton group there is a coastal view at Corfu. This brief sketch resembles that topography and is likely in that region.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis painting is one of an interesting collection of works by \/ attributed to William Page that we have for sale.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn watercolour over pencil on rough paper.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Somerset \u0026 Wood","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53690786185545,"sku":"KC-915","price":98.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/4306\/5161\/files\/KC-915.jpg?v=1769016650"},{"product_id":"william-page-river-landscape-probably-greece-or-turkey-original-early-19th-century-watercolour-painting-kc-918","title":"Attrib. William Page, River Landscape, Probably Greece or Turkey – Early 19th-century watercolour painting","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn original early 19th-century watercolour painting – Attrib. William Page, River Landscape, Probably Greece or Turkey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA fine drawing in brown wash attributed to William Page (1794–1872).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe view resembles a number of Page's landscape subjects executed in Italy, Greece and Turkey. It is similar to the topography, for example, in a drawing at Thermopylae, Greece (The Collection of the Earl of Wemyss \u0026amp; March).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis drawing is one of an interesting collection of works by \/ attributed to William Page that we have for sale.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn pen and brown ink with brown wash, over graphite, on rough paper.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Somerset \u0026 Wood","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53690796867913,"sku":"KC-918","price":168.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/4306\/5161\/files\/KC-918.jpg?v=1769016825"},{"product_id":"william-page-figures-cottage-by-the-water-probably-greece-or-turkey-original-early-19th-century-watercolour-painting-kc-919","title":"Attrib. William Page, Figures \u0026 Cottage by the Water, Probably Greece or Turkey – Early 19th-century watercolour painting","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn original early 19th-century watercolour painting – Attrib. William Page, Figures \u0026amp; Cottage by the Water, Probably Greece or Turkey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA fine drawing in brown wash attributed to William Page (1794–1872).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe view resembles a number of Page's landscape subjects executed in Italy, Greece and Turkey. Compositions similar in feel include 'The Bosphorus from the Asiatic side, looking towards the Black Sea' (V\u0026amp;A SD.750) and Landscape, probably in Greece or Turkey (V\u0026amp;A SD.746).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis drawing is one of an interesting collection of works by \/ attributed to William Page that we have for sale.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn pen and brown ink with brown wash, over graphite, on rough paper.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Somerset \u0026 Wood","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53690800210249,"sku":"KC-919","price":180.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/4306\/5161\/files\/KC-919.jpg?v=1769016877"},{"product_id":"william-page-an-old-house-original-early-19th-century-watercolour-painting-kc-928","title":"Attrib. William Page, An Old House – Early 19th-century watercolour painting","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn original early 19th-century watercolour painting – Attrib. William Page, An Old House.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA fine drawing attributed to William Page (1794–1872).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis drawing is one of an interesting collection of works by \/ attributed to William Page that we have for sale. Whilst most of the drawings are brown wash landscapes in Italy or Greece, there are two old house studies within the collection. The house subject, with archaic architectural features and overgrown foliage, provides opportunity for a rustic picturesque study.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSimilar studies of old houses (some in Suffolk) are amongst known works by Page sold at auction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In watercolour over graphite, on rough paper.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Somerset \u0026 Wood","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53690801946953,"sku":"KC-928","price":180.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/4306\/5161\/files\/KC-928.jpg?v=1769016897"},{"product_id":"william-page-timber-framed-house-original-early-19th-century-watercolour-painting-kc-929","title":"Attrib. William Page, Timber Framed House – Early 19th-century watercolour painting","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn original early 19th-century watercolour painting – Attrib. William Page, Timber Framed House.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA fine drawing attributed to William Page (1794–1872).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis drawing is one of an interesting collection of works by \/ attributed to William Page that we have for sale. Whilst most of the drawings are brown wash landscapes in Italy or Greece, there are two old house studies within the collection. The house subject, with archaic architectural features and overgrown foliage, provides opportunity for a rustic picturesque study. The house resembles the 17th-century Key House at Castle Donington, Leicestershire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSimilar studies of old houses (some in Suffolk) are amongst known works by Page sold at auction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn watercolour over graphite, on rough paper.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Somerset \u0026 Wood","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53690802307401,"sku":"KC-929","price":180.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/4306\/5161\/files\/KC-929.jpg?v=1769016906"},{"product_id":"william-page-figures-on-a-path-possibly-ithaca-greece-original-early-19th-century-watercolour-painting-kc-917","title":"Attrib. William Page, Figures on a Path, Possibly Ithaca, Greece – Early 19th-century watercolour painting","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn original early 19th-century watercolour painting – Attrib. 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A preference for darker foreground foliage is also characteristic of Page.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis drawing is one of an interesting collection of works by \/ attributed to William Page that we have for sale.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn pen and brown ink with brown wash, over graphite, on cream wove paper.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Somerset \u0026 Wood","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53690802602313,"sku":"KC-917","price":210.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/4306\/5161\/files\/KC-917.jpg?v=1769016915"},{"product_id":"william-page-malmesbury-abbey-ruin-original-early-19th-century-watercolour-painting-kc-925","title":"Attrib. William Page, Malmesbury Abbey Ruin – Early 19th-century watercolour painting","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn original early 19th-century watercolour painting – Attrib. William Page, Malmesbury Abbey Ruin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA fine drawing in brown wash attributed to William Page (1794–1872).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePage drew British abbey ruins on a number of occasions, including known views at Dryburgh Abbey and Melrose Abbey in Scotland, St Mary's Abbey in York, and Malling Abbey in Kent. In the present drawing, the barn-like structure within the ruins resembles Malmesbury Abbey, in Wiltshire, where pigs were housed inside the west end of the Abbey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis drawing appears to be a study in the picturesque, in both subject and composition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis drawing is one of an interesting collection of works by \/ attributed to William Page that we have for sale.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn pen and brown ink with brown wash, over graphite, on rough paper.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Somerset \u0026 Wood","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53690802929993,"sku":"KC-925","price":248.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/4306\/5161\/files\/KC-925.jpg?v=1769016924"},{"product_id":"william-page-figures-on-a-stone-bridge-original-early-19th-century-watercolour-painting-kc-926","title":"Attrib. 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But it also resembles Brathay Bridge in Cumbria (drawn by Joseph Farington, Yale Center for British Art, B1977.14.1890).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis drawing is one of an interesting collection of works by \/ attributed to William Page that we have for sale.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn pen and brown ink with brown wash, over graphite, on rough paper.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Somerset \u0026 Wood","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53690804928841,"sku":"KC-926","price":280.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/4306\/5161\/files\/KC-926.jpg?v=1769016950"},{"product_id":"william-page-temple-of-hercules-sicily-original-early-19th-century-watercolour-painting-kc-914","title":"William Page, Temple of Hercules, Sicily – Early 19th-century watercolour painting","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn original early 19th-century watercolour painting – William Page, Temple of Hercules, Sicily.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA fine drawing in brown wash by William Page (1794–1872) showing the ruins of the Temple of Hercules in Agrigento, Sicily.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe drawing is similar to Page's depiction of Constantinople in the V\u0026amp;A (SD.749), being on the same rough paper of matching sheet size, with a pinhole to each corner of the image, and having the same style of capitalised title lettering (in this case, on the verso).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDetails of Page's travels are limited, but he is thought to have travelled to Greece and Asia Minor in 1819–21, and perhaps returned in 1826–31. He is presumed to have travelled extensively in Italy—his known oeuvre includes many Italian subjects, but this appears to be a rare example of Page painting in Sicily.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis painting is one of an interesting collection of works by \/ attributed to William Page that we have for sale.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn brown wash over pencil on rough paper.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Somerset \u0026 Wood","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53690806436169,"sku":"KC-914","price":480.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/4306\/5161\/files\/KC-914.jpg?v=1769016972"},{"product_id":"william-page-temple-of-olympian-zeus-agrigento-sicily-original-early-19th-century-watercolour-painting-kc-922","title":"William Page, Temple of Olympian Zeus, Agrigento, Sicily – Early 19th-century watercolour painting","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn original early 19th-century watercolour painting – William Page, Temple of Olympian Zeus, Agrigento, Sicily.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA fine signed drawing by William Page (1794–1872), showing a view at the Temple of Olympian Zeus in Agrigento, Sicily.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe vantage point, looking across the water towards the island of Ortigia, is similar to that painted by Henry Tresham (1751–1814) (Yale Center for British Art, B1977.14.4387).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDetails of Page's travels are limited, but he is thought to have travelled to Greece and Asia Minor in 1819–21, and perhaps returned in 1826–31. He is presumed to have travelled extensively in Italy—his known oeuvre includes many Italian subjects, but this appears to be a rare example of Page painting in Sicily.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis painting is one of an interesting collection of works by \/ attributed to William Page that we have for sale.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn brown wash over pencil on cream wove paper.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Somerset \u0026 Wood","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53690806894921,"sku":"KC-922","price":480.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/4306\/5161\/files\/KC-922.jpg?v=1769016983"},{"product_id":"william-page-temple-of-poseidon-cape-sounion-greece-original-early-19th-century-watercolour-painting-kc-916","title":"Attrib. William Page, Temple of Poseidon, Cape Sounion, Greece – Early 19th-century watercolour painting","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn original early 19th-century watercolour painting – Attrib. William Page, Temple of Poseidon, Cape Sounion, Greece.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA fine drawing in brown wash attributed to William Page (1794–1872) showing a view towards the Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion in Greece.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Temple of Poseidon is a subject Page painted a number of times. This drawing is particularly striking for its picturesque composition—the silhouetted clifftop ruins, palm trees and boat are used as pictorial devices as much as they are a topographical study. 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