Attributed to Lieutenant Colonel J. Wilson (fl. c.1819)

St. George, Grenada

Details

Attributed to Lieutenant Colonel J. Wilson (fl. c.1819)
St. George, Grenada
inscribed 'St. George. Grenada.' in the lower margin
pencil, pen and ink and watercolour with scratching out on paper
unframed
11½ x 15¼in. (29.2 x 38.8cm.)

Provenance

Boies Penrose II, Barbados Hill, Devon, Pennsylvania, and thence by descent to the present owner.

Lot Essay

An engraved view after Wilson published in 1819 is in the Royal Museums, Greenwich (A view of the town of St George on the Island of Grenada taken from the pasture of Belmont Estate by Lieut Col J Wilson & dedicated to his Excellency Major General Phineas Riall, Governor & Commander in Chief &c &c &c), PAI0407.

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