Lot Essay
Home to the Earls of Essex for over 250 years, Cassiobury House in Watford, Hertfordshire, was demolished in 1927.
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THE PROPERTY OF A NOBLEMAN
William Alexander (Maidstone 1766-1816)
View from the South West, Cassiobury, Hertfordshire
Details
William Alexander (Maidstone 1766-1816)
View from the South West, Cassiobury, Hertfordshire
with inscription 'Cassiobury,/from the south west./W. Alexander./1767-1819' (on a label attached to the reverse)
pencil and watercolour
11½ x 17¾ in. (29.3 x 45.2 cm.)
View from the South West, Cassiobury, Hertfordshire
with inscription 'Cassiobury,/from the south west./W. Alexander./1767-1819' (on a label attached to the reverse)
pencil and watercolour
11½ x 17¾ in. (29.3 x 45.2 cm.)
Provenance
C. Morland Agnew.
Hugh L. Agnew.
with Thos. Agnew & Sons Ltd., no. 44481.
Hugh L. Agnew.
with Thos. Agnew & Sons Ltd., no. 44481.
Literature
J. Britton, The History and Description of Cassiobury Park, Hertfordshire, the Seat of the Earl of Essex, London, 1837, pl. 5.
Engraved
by J. Hill.