Lot Essay
Mount Edgcombe was a favourite view of the artist's which he painted on many occasions between 1787 and the 1790s (see David Japes, William Payne, A Plymouth Experience, 1992 no. 29 and 70 (repr.)
Details
William Payne (1774/5-1833)
The Obelisk at Mount Edgcumbe, and looking up Hamoaze taken near the Long Room
signed 'W. Payne', and inscribed 'The Obelisk at Mt. Edgecombe, and view looking up Hamoze - (sic)/taken near the Long Room' and numbered '4' on the reverse of the mount in an inscribed circle; pencil and watercolour, circular, on the original mount (overmounted)
10½ x 10½in. (267 x 267mm.); and a watercolour of anglers at a waterfall, by the same hand a pair (2)
The Obelisk at Mount Edgcumbe, and looking up Hamoaze taken near the Long Room
signed 'W. Payne', and inscribed 'The Obelisk at Mt. Edgecombe, and view looking up Hamoze - (sic)/taken near the Long Room' and numbered '4' on the reverse of the mount in an inscribed circle; pencil and watercolour, circular, on the original mount (overmounted)
10½ x 10½in. (267 x 267mm.); and a watercolour of anglers at a waterfall, by the same hand a pair (2)
Provenance
Lady Carnarvon