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View of the Thames from Maidenhead Bridge
Details
Peter de Wint, O.W.S. (1784-1849)
View of the Thames from Maidenhead Bridge
with inscription 'View of the Thames from/Maidenhead Bridge/Peter de Wint/...' (on a label attached to the backboard)and with a further indistinct inscription 'Lady/... ...' (on a label attched to the backboard)
pencil and watercolour with scratching out
14 5/8 x 28¼ in. (37.2 x 71.8 cm.)
View of the Thames from Maidenhead Bridge
with inscription 'View of the Thames from/Maidenhead Bridge/Peter de Wint/...' (on a label attached to the backboard)and with a further indistinct inscription 'Lady/... ...' (on a label attched to the backboard)
pencil and watercolour with scratching out
14 5/8 x 28¼ in. (37.2 x 71.8 cm.)
Provenance
Probably the artist's sale; Christie's, London, 2 March 1876, lot 128 (39 gns. to Maclean).
C.J.H. Tower by 1884; his sale; Christie's, London, 1 June 1917, lot 18 (38 gns. to Sampson).
Lady Sophia Cust.
Anon. sale; Christie's, London, 21 March 1989, lot 144, (£4,180 to the present owner).
C.J.H. Tower by 1884; his sale; Christie's, London, 1 June 1917, lot 18 (38 gns. to Sampson).
Lady Sophia Cust.
Anon. sale; Christie's, London, 21 March 1989, lot 144, (£4,180 to the present owner).
Literature
W. Armstrong, Memoir of Peter de Wint, 1888, pl. 11 as 'Clifden from Maidenhead Bridge'.
Exhibited
Probably Society of Painters in Water-Colour, 1814, no. 254 as 'View of Taplow from Maidenhead Bridge'.
London, J. and W. Vokins, Peter de Wint Centenary Exhibition, 1884, no. 28.
London, J. and W. Vokins, Peter de Wint Centenary Exhibition, 1884, no. 28.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.