Nicholas Pocock, O.W.S. (1740-1821)
Nicholas Pocock, O.W.S. (1740-1821)

The Avon Gorge, from Hotwells

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Nicholas Pocock, O.W.S. (1740-1821)
The Avon Gorge, from Hotwells
signed and dated 'N. Pocock 1795' (lower right)
pen and grey ink and watercolour, over an etched and aquatint base
10 x 14 in. (26.7 x 37.5 cm.)

Lot Essay

The present watercolour is one of a series of eight views of Bristol and Clifton, made in the 1780s, which were painted over an etched outline. This watercolour is a version produced after 1786 when Pocock began to use aquatint to assist in the shading.
The watercolour depicts the Avon Gauge from the Hotwells, with Cooke's Folly on the hill beyond.

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