Peter de Wint (1784-1849)

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Peter de Wint (1784-1849)
Tower of the Knights Templars Preceptory at Aslackby, Lincolnshire
with inscription on an old label attached to the backboard 'ASHLACKBY - COMMANDRY OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR NEAR FOLKINGHAM, LINCOLNSHIRE'; pencil and watercolour
11 3/8 x 7½in. (288 x 190mm.)
Provenance
With The Wren Gallery
Christie's, 12 Oct. 1976, lot 60 (220 gns.)

Lot Essay

This watercolour shows the tower of the Knight's Templars Preceptory at Aslackby, which became a commandery of the Knights of St. John when the Templars were suppressed. The building survived until 1900 when it became part of a farm called Templar's Farm

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