拍品专文
According to an inscription, probably in the hand of Augustus Walker, the present watercolour was bought in a sale at Christie's during which V bombs could be heard overhead. No doubt the writer was referring to the anonymous sale in June 1944. At the time auctions were held at Derby House following the destruction of the King Street rooms in an air raid in 1941.
The present watercolour is an example of Hunt experimenting with a composition, very much in the manner of David Cox.
It has been suggested by Graham Adnitt that the building in the background of the present watercolour might be one of the towers in the park of Gwrych Castle, near Abergele, which was once home to the Earl of Dundonald.
The present watercolour is an example of Hunt experimenting with a composition, very much in the manner of David Cox.
It has been suggested by Graham Adnitt that the building in the background of the present watercolour might be one of the towers in the park of Gwrych Castle, near Abergele, which was once home to the Earl of Dundonald.