Pen and black ink and watercolour with body colour; signed and inscribed in pen by the artist on the reverse: Cataract near Dolbladeon Castle Lanberis, Caernarvon, Paul Sandby, with pencil notes in the same hand and the artist’s monogram: P.S. (H. 50 cm, W. 34 cm)
Paul Sandby is traditionally regarded as the ‘father’ of English watercolour painting. Although he was not the first artist to [...]
Watercolour and grey wash over pencil; inscribed by the artist on the reverse: a Small flat Rock covered wth. moss & trees/the whole of a Low tone of colouring it’s variegated/wth. dark Coloured moss deep purplish grey & blackish/Grey spots, the Light spots of a cold fleshy colour amongst/dark Grey are some beautiful spots of warm -/& reddish brown are some spots of white -/shapes scattered up & down there are also some few/Spots of light orange moss (H. 29 cm, W. 30 cm)
This rare landscape watercolour by Wright of Derby, who is best known for his portraits and landscapes in oil, dates from his trip to [...]
Pencil, pen and grey ink, grey and blue washes; signed, inscribed and dated verso: Going to / Castello Madamo Vicavasso / No.5 / April 22d.1781 / Sun on the left hand setting behind the extreme distance / Francis Towne (H. 23cm, W. 32cm).
Towne’s works dating from his Grand Tour to Italy in 1780 to 1781 are considered among the greatest of eighteenth-century Romantic [...]
Pen and grey ink and watercolour over pencil heightened with touches of body colour; inscribed by the artist on verso: Foot of Mount Splugen, near Chiavenna – Light from Right, Morning (H. 36cm, W. 26cm)
Exhibited: Bootle Museum and Art Gallery, Exhibition of Early English Watercolours from the Collection of Mr B.N. Williams, 1963, no. [...]
Black crayon, with a separate signature: P.W. Steer 1904; (1) kneeling woman and hand cart (H. 11cm, W. 12cm); (2) chicken and duck (H. 11.5cm, W. 11.5cm); (3) clog (H. 4.5cm, W. 9.5cm); (4) two women’s heads in hats (H. 4.5cm, W. 9.5cm); (5) reclining dog (H. 11.5cm, W. 17cm). The sheets have been cut: on the reverse were pencil sketches, (1) and (4), houses; (2) and (3), narrow rocks or trees, and (5), trees and figures
Provenance: Henry Rushbury RA; Abbott & Holder, July 1965; Major-General Sir John D’Arcy Anderson and Lady Elizabeth Anderson, by [...]
THE WATERFALL AT CHUDLEIGH ROCKS, SOUTH DEVON, 1787
Pen and ink and watercolour; inscribed recto: F. Towne delt/1787; inscribed on verso of artist’s mount: Water Fall at Chudleigh Rock / Francis Towne. 1787 (H. 17cm, W. 14cm)
Towne seems to have had a particular fascination with waterfalls; this watercolour is one of four views of Chudleigh Rocks dated 1787. [...]
Pencil heightened with white on grey paper; signed lower right with initials: JW. Inscribed lower centre: The bark a dirty green, the wood a red yellow, Bark....torn a brown red... X white (H. 14cm, W. 27cm)
Provenance: Major-General Sir John D’Arcy Anderson and Lady Elizabeth Anderson, by whom given to Winchester College, 1993
Black pencil with grey and brown washes; inscribed on mount below: The Highest point of Helme Crag Called the Conjurer. Features numbered in pencil and named top right: 1. Saddleback/ 2. Helvellyn/ 3. Dunmail raise (H. 24cm, W. 32cm)
Provenance: Major-General Sir John D’Arcy Anderson and Lady Elizabeth Anderson, by whom given to Winchester College, 1993
Brown brush strokes with grey wash and pencil; Inscribed by artist below on mount: Rocks on the Top of Helme Crag, Called the Lion and Lamb. Features numbered named top left in pencil: 1. Windermere/ 2. Esthwaite/ 3. Grasmere (H. 24cm, W. 32cm)
Provenance: Major-General Sir John D’Arcy Anderson and Lady Elizabeth Anderson, by whom given to Winchester College, 1993