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Lot Essay
Telegraph Hill was so-called because of the telegraph station on its summit. It was from this station that Wellington's victory at Waterloo in 1815 was transmitted to London. The topography seems most closely to resemble the view depicted in Simon Jenkins and Jonathan Ditchburn, Images of Hampstead, no. 476 (Richmond on Thames, 1982), which dates from 1852.
James Baker Pyne (1800-1870) was born in Bristol where he worked as a self-taught local artist up to the age of 35 when he moved to London. He exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1836 and 1855 and was Vice-President of the Royal Society of British Artists. He was strongly influenced by J.M.W. Turner and this is particularly evident in his dramatic effects and his use of pale yellow tones.
James Baker Pyne (1800-1870) was born in Bristol where he worked as a self-taught local artist up to the age of 35 when he moved to London. He exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1836 and 1855 and was Vice-President of the Royal Society of British Artists. He was strongly influenced by J.M.W. Turner and this is particularly evident in his dramatic effects and his use of pale yellow tones.