Lot Essay
From 1824 until 1841 Lee exhibited pictures at the Royal Academy from 16 Norton Street, Portland Place (note fragmented inscription on the reverse).
A Watermill beside an Oasthouse in a wooded Landscape
Details
Frederick Richard Lee, R.A. (1798-1879)
A Watermill beside an Oasthouse in a wooded Landscape
inscribed 'Water M[ill]/[F.R.Lee]R.a/16 Nor[ton Street Port]land Place' (on fragments of an old label attached to the reverse)
oil on board
9¾ x 13¾ in. (24.8 x 34.9 cm.)
in an English 18th Century carved and gilded frame
A Watermill beside an Oasthouse in a wooded Landscape
inscribed 'Water M[ill]/[F.R.Lee]R.a/16 Nor[ton Street Port]land Place' (on fragments of an old label attached to the reverse)
oil on board
9¾ x 13¾ in. (24.8 x 34.9 cm.)
in an English 18th Century carved and gilded frame
Provenance
with Leggatt Brothers, London.
Exhibited
presumably London, Royal Academy, either 1830, no. 374, or 1832, no. 252 (both as The Watermill).