Lot Essay
This watercolour depicts a similar view to a watercolour by Jackson illustrated in F. Greenacre and S. Stoddard, The Bristol Landscape, Bristol, 1986, p.59, no.36, illustrated in colour. The watercolour depicts a view popular with artists, looking out towards the Welsh coast with the neogothic tower known as Cook's Folly on the hill to the left. The folly was built in the 17th century by John Cook, a City Chamberlain, to decorate the garden of his home, Snyed Park.