List of artworks by John Middleton explained

This is an incomplete list of artworks by the British Norwich School artist John Middleton (9 January 1827 – 11 November 1856).

Watercolours

• A Barn, Tunbridge Wells, Kent (1847)^[1] - private collection
• A Fine Day in February (Hellesdon, Norfolk) (exhibited at the Royal Academy and at the British Institution in 1852) – Norfolk Museums Collections
• A Limestone Quarry, Combe Martin, Devon – provenance not yet known
• An Avenue of Trees in Gunton Park^[2] – Fitzwilliam Museum
• A Path through a Wooded Landscape^[3] – Fitzwilliam Museum
• A Stream in Arran (exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1854)
• A Stream near Clovelly, North Devon
• A Study in March on the Norfolk Coast (exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1852)
• A Farm Building
• A Tributary of the Lynn (exhibited at the British Institution in 1853)
• An Old Cottage at Tunbridge Wells, Kent (?)
• Autumn (exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1847) – location unknown
• Avenue of Limes at Hatfield (exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1849) https://archive.org/stream/norwichschoolofp00dick/norwichschoolofp00dick_djvu.txt
• Blofield
• Bulls in a Landscape (?) – Norfolk Museums Collections^[4]
• Cantley Beck near Ketteringham (1848)^[5] – Norfolk Museums Collections
• Clearing the Wood — Early Spring (exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1850) https://archive.org/stream/norwichschoolofp00dick/norwichschoolofp00dick_djvu.txt
• Clearing with a lumber mill (1847?) Metropolitan Museum of Art
• Clovelly, on the Coast of Devonshire (exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1851) https://archive.org/stream/norwichschoolofp00dick/norwichschoolofp00dick_djvu.txt
• Feeding the Fowl-possibly the Old Saw Mills, Gunton Park (?) https://www.universal-prints.de/english/fine-art/artist/image/john-middleton/20629/2/index.htm
• Felled Timber — Early Spring (exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1853)
• Gensheraig. Isle of Arran (exhibited at the British Institution in 1854)
• Gunton Park, Norfolk (1847) – Norfolk Museums Collections^[6]
• In the Isle of Arran, looking over the Firth of Clyde (exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1854)
• Landscape (1847) – Norfolk Museums Collections^[6]
• Landscape with Pollards (?) – Norfolk Museums Collections^[6]
• Landscape with trees and farm buildings (undated) –Victoria and Albert Museum
• Looking down the Stream (exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1855)
• On the River at Thorpe (?) https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/Lot/john-middleton-norwich-1827-1856-on-the-5582395-details.aspx
• Road Scene (?) – Norfolk Museums Collections^[7]
• Sand Hills on the Norfolk Coast (exhibited at the British Institution in 1853)
• Scene in North Wales (exhibited at the British Institution in 1847)
• Scene near Tunbridge Wells, Kent (exhibited at the British Institution in 1848)
• Stepping Stones (?) – Norfolk Museums Collections
• Study of trees and rocks^[8] – Norfolk Museums Collections
• Summer — A Study from Nature (exhibited at the British Institution in 1852)
• Sunshine and Shade, Ivybridge, Devon (exhibited at the British Institution in 1855)
• The Beech Forest - Evening (exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1848)
• The Field-burn (exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1847)
• The Greenwood Glade (1850)
• The Avenue, Gunton Park, Norfolk (1848) – Norfolk Museums Collections https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/search/actor:middleton-john-18271856
• The Greenwood Glade (exhibited at the British Institution in 1850)
• The Roadside Barn (exhibited at the British Institution in 1849)
• The Stream in June (exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1852)
• The Village Common (exhibited at the British Institution in 1849)
• The Woods in Autumn (exhibited at the British Institution in 1850 and 1854)
• Tonbridge Wells^[9] – Norfolk Museums Collections
• Trees by a stream (?)
• Trees on a Riverbank, Eaton, Norwich (1847). Watercolour over pencil, 32 x 47 cm. London, Sotheby's. Lot 112, 15/7/93. https://www.universal-prints.de/english/fine-art/artist/image/john-middleton/20629/1/140035/trees-on-a-riverbank,-eaton,-norwich/index.htm
• Tunbridge Wells (1847) – link to painting (auctioned by Dominic Winter Auctions (July 2018))
• View of Mousehold, Norfolk (?) – Norfolk Museums Collections^[6]
• Weybourne on the Norfolk Coast (exhibited at the British Institution in 1852)
• Woodland clearing (c. 1845) http://www.abbottandholder-thelist.co.uk/john-middleton/

Oil paintings

• The Woods in Autumn, Gunton Park (1849)^[10] – Norfolk Museums Collections

Etchings

• Composition^[11] – Norfolk Museums Collections
• Felled Timber at Barningham^[12] – Norfolk Museums Collections
• Hatfield^[13] – Norfolk Museums Collections
• Ivy Bridge, South Devon^[14] – Norfolk Museums Collections
• Landscape with felled timber, large tree in foreground^[15] – Fitzwilliam Museum
• Landscape with felled timber, with clouds in the sky and water to the right^[16] – Fitzwilliam Museum
• Nine Etchings (book)^[17] – Norfolk Museums Collections
• Road and Trees^[18] – Norfolk Museums Collections
• View at Gunton^[19] – Norfolk Museums Collections
• View near Cromer^[20] – Norfolk Museums Collections
• Weybourne - looking towards the Beeston Hills^[21] – Norfolk Museums Collections

Notes and References

1. http://www.peppiattfineart.co.uk/display.php?KT_artists=John+Middleton Guy Peppiatt Fine Art
2. http://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/12088 Fitzwilliam Museum
3. http://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/3634 Fitzwilliam Museum
4. https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/venue/paisley-museum-and-art-galleries-6997/search/actor:middleton-john-18271856 ArtUK
5. https://artuk.org/discover/artists/middleton-john-18271856 ArtUK
6. https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/search/actor:middleton-john-18271856 ArtUK
7. https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/road-scene-160 ArtUK
8. http://norfolkmuseumscollections.org/collections/objects/object-2101369429.html/#!/?q=john%2Bmiddleton Norfolk Museums Collections
9. http://norfolkmuseumscollections.org/collections/objects/object-3833164175.html/#!/?q=john%2Bmiddleton Norfolk Museums Collections
10. http://norfolkmuseumscollections.org/collections/objects/object-2891260753.html/#!/?q=john%2Bmiddleton Norfolk Museums Collections
11. http://norfolkmuseumscollections.org/collections/objects/object-1611890479.html/#!/?q=john%2Bmiddleton Norfolk Museums Collections
12. http://norfolkmuseumscollections.org/collections/objects/object-387207097.html/#!/?q=john%2Bmiddleton Norfolk Museums Collections
13. http://norfolkmuseumscollections.org/collections/objects/object-3712974897.html/#!/?q=john%2Bmiddleton Norfolk Museums Collections
14. http://norfolkmuseumscollections.org/collections/objects/object-875308292.html/#!/?q=john%2Bmiddleton Norfolk Museums Collections
15. http://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/176251 Fitzwilliam Museum
16. http://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/176252 Fitzwilliam Museum
17. http://norfolkmuseumscollections.org/collections/objects/object-447672653.html/#!/?q=john%2Bmiddleton Norfolk Museums Collections
18. http://norfolkmuseumscollections.org/collections/objects/object-2042436131.html/#!/?q=john%2Bmiddleton Norfolk Museums Collections
19. http://norfolkmuseumscollections.org/collections/objects/object-513934226.html/#!/?q=john%2Bmiddleton Norfolk Museums Collections
20. http://norfolkmuseumscollections.org/collections/objects/object-2276151848.html/#!/?q=john%2Bmiddleton Norfolk Museums Collections
21. http://norfolkmuseumscollections.org/collections/objects/object-1772434180.html/#!/?q=john%2Bmiddleton Norfolk Museums Collections