Anthony Vandyke Copley Fielding, P.O.W.S. (1787-1855)

Distant view of the Cumberland Hills from Eskdale

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Anthony Vandyke Copley Fielding, P.O.W.S. (1787-1855)
Distant view of the Cumberland Hills from Eskdale
signed and dated 'Copley Fielding 1833' (lower left) and with inscription 'Copley Fielding 1833./Distant view of the Cumberland/Hills-from Eskdale./(Exhibited at the Old Water Colour/Society 1834.)' (on an old label attached to the backboard)
pencil and watercolour with gum arabic and with scratching out
24¾ x 34¾ in. (62.8 x 88.3 cm.)

Provenance

with Agnew's, Manchester.

Exhibited

London, Old Water-Colour Society, 1834.

Lot Essay

It has not been possible to trace a watercolour with the same title exhibited in this year. In 1834 Copley Fielding exhibited a watercolour entitled Ullswater, Cumberland, no. 88 and Derwentwater, Cumberland, no. 319. In 1833 he also exhibited a watercolour entitled The Cumberland Mountains from near Kirk Oswald, no. 152.

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