Lot 82
82
A STRAW-WORK AND WATERCOLOUR PICTURE OF CONWAY CASTLE AND BRIDGE
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A STRAW-WORK AND WATERCOLOUR PICTURE OF CONWAY CASTLE AND BRIDGE

MID 19TH CENTURY

Details
A STRAW-WORK AND WATERCOLOUR PICTURE OF CONWAY CASTLE AND BRIDGE
MID 19TH CENTURY
In glazed frame
24 x 29 in. (61 x 74 cm.) overall
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis. This lot will be removed to an off-site warehouse at the close of business on the day of sale - 2 weeks free storage

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Lot Essay

For a similar picture see The Judkyn/Pratt Collection of British Folk Art, sold Christie's South Kensington, 8th November 1995, lot 65. Other similar pictures in the same sale portrayed an asylum in north Wales and another thought to be a view of Glan-y-don, the Welsh seaside branch of a Manchester based asylum, it has been suggested that these were an early form of occupational therapy.

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
James Ayres,English Naive Painting 1750-1900, Thames and Hudson, London and N.Y. 1981.

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