An extensive landscape in North Wales

Details

John Linnell (1792-1882)
An extensive landscape in North Wales
signed, inscribed and dated 'N Wales J Linnell 1813' (lower left)
pencil and watercolour
9¾ x 14¾ in. (24.7 x 37.4 cm.)

Provenance

Anon. sale; Sotheby's, London, 13 November 1997, lot 83 (part)(sold £6,900).
with Spink-Leger, London.

Exhibited

London, Spink-Leger, Feeling Through the Eye, 2000, no. 53.

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Lot Essay

Linnell toured North Wales with the engraver George R. Lewis during the Summer of 1813. Although this was his only visit to the region, he commented that 'that one month's study supplied [him] with material for life combined with others made elsewhere especially in Scotland.' The present watercolour and lot 76 both date from this trip which was to have such a lasting influence on Linnell's career.

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