A barge near mooring posts

Details

Peter de Wint, O.W.S. (1784-1849)
A barge near mooring posts
pencil and watercolour
6¾ x 4 5/8 in. (17.1 x 11.7 cm.)

Provenance

Mrs Boover Brooks, de Wint's aunt, and by descent to
Sarah Brooks, her granddaughter and by descent to
Mrs A.G. Dawes; Christie's, London, 2 March 1976, lot 46.
with Agnew's, London.

Literature

G. Bauer, Le Siècle d'Or de l'Aquarelle Anglaise, Anthèse, 1998, p. 109, pl. 142, illustrated in colour.
W. Hauptman, L'Âge d'Or de l'Aquarelle Anglaise 1770-1900, Lausanne, 1999, p. 122, pl. 71, illustrated in colour.

Exhibited

London, Agnew's, 118th Annual Exhibition of Watercolours and Drawings, 1991, no. 72, illustrated.
Lausanne, Fondation de l'Hermitage, L'Âge d'Or de l'Aquarelle Anglaise 1770-1900, 22 January - 24 May 1999, no. 71.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

The present watercolour was taken from an album of sketches compiled by Sarah Brooks, the granddaughter of Mrs Boover Brooks, de Wint's aunt. The album then passed by descent to Mrs A.G. Dawes, who sold the 26 watercolours in these Rooms in 1976. Randall Davies ('Peter de Wint' in the Old Water-Colour Society's Club, I, 1924, p. 13) mentions a meeting between Miss Brooks and Mr and Mrs de Wint. Sarah's father, the Rev. J.B. Brooks, Rector of St Mary's Nottingham, used to accompany de Wint on sketching trips when the artist stayed with them.

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