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Nathaniel Hone the Younger
, Irish, 1831-1917
Title
Èze, near MonacoDate1860s
MediumGraphite and watercolour on paper
Dimensions
14.3 x 21.2 cm
Credit LineBequeathed, Mrs Hone, The Artist's Widow, 1919 (Accessioned 1951)
Object numberNGI.6537
DescriptionNathaniel Hone the Younger was a pioneering artist, who received his formal training in Paris before developing his skills in provincial France. He was also well connected among his peers in France and Ireland, highly regarded by the critics, and exhibited regularly. Hone’s travelled far and wide. Journeying from France to Egypt, one can witness the evolution of his style from one country to the next. In his 13-year stay in the forest of Fontainebleau, apart from regular members of the Bourron-Marlotte colony, Hone met many of the great French artists of the time, including Jean-Baptiste Corot, Jean-François Millet, Théodore Rousseau and Gustave Courbet. He travelled extensively around France during the 1860s, while exhibiting frequently in Paris. Èze, a medieval hilltop town on the Cote d'Azur in southeastern France, approximately 12.5 kilometres from the city of Nice, was one such place visited by the artist. This watercolour of Èze is one of 336 works on paper gifted to the Gallery by Hone's wide Magdalene two years after his death.