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Gideon Yates is principally remembered for his series of views of the bridges of London which he executed between 1827 and 1837.
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An album of landscapesincluding: Smuggler's Cave, Mount's Bay, Cornwall; Ulster Old Church Ruins; Ashton Hall, near Clifton Bristol; View on the Severn; Near Lancaster; Le Château Guillard, Normandy; The Druid's Stone, St Kilda; An Ancient Fortress in
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G. Yates (fl. 1803-1837)
An album of landscapesincluding: Smuggler's Cave, Mount's Bay, Cornwall; Ulster Old Church Ruins; Ashton Hall, near Clifton Bristol; View on the Severn; Near Lancaster; Le Château Guillard, Normandy; The Druid's Stone, St Kilda; An Ancient Fortress in Andalucia; Ludlow Castle, Shropshire; and Bushy Park, Hertfordshire
three signed with initials and dated 'G.Y.1824', another signed and dated 'Yates 1824' and all signed again with initials, inscribed and dated (on the reverse)
pencil, pen and black ink and watercolour, on the artist's original mounts
6.3/8 x 12.1/8 in. (21.3 x 31.8 cm.), overall; and a watercolour by another hand (36)
An album of landscapesincluding: Smuggler's Cave, Mount's Bay, Cornwall; Ulster Old Church Ruins; Ashton Hall, near Clifton Bristol; View on the Severn; Near Lancaster; Le Château Guillard, Normandy; The Druid's Stone, St Kilda; An Ancient Fortress in Andalucia; Ludlow Castle, Shropshire; and Bushy Park, Hertfordshire
three signed with initials and dated 'G.Y.1824', another signed and dated 'Yates 1824' and all signed again with initials, inscribed and dated (on the reverse)
pencil, pen and black ink and watercolour, on the artist's original mounts
6.3/8 x 12.1/8 in. (21.3 x 31.8 cm.), overall; and a watercolour by another hand (36)
Sale room notice
The name of this artist should read Gideon Yates, and not G. Yates as is stated in the catalogue.