Mount Edgecombe from Mount Batten, Plymouth

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John Mogford (1821-1885)
Mount Edgecombe from Mount Batten, Plymouth
signed and dated 'John Mogford 1861.' (lower left)and inscribed 'Mount Edgecombe from Mount Batten beach/Plymouth Sound' (on the reverse)
pencil and watercolour with gum arabic, heightened with touches of bodycolour and with scratching out, unframed
16¾ x 21¾ in. (42.8 x 55 cm.)

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Lot Essay

Mogford began his career at the Government School of Design at Somerset House. He married the daughter of Francis Danby, A.R.A. (1793-1861). Mogford specialised in seascapes and rocky coastal scenes such as the present watercolour. He became a member of the Royal Institute in 1867.

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