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John Linnell (1792-1882)
Dolwyddelan Valley, North Wales
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John Linnell (1792-1882)
Dolwyddelan Valley, North Wales
signed, inscribed and dated 'J Linnell 1813. N. Wales.' (lower left) and further inscribed 'DollyDellan [sic] Valley' (lower right)
pencil and watercolour, fragmentary watermark
7½ x 9¾ in. (19.1 x 24.8 cm.)
Provenance
The descendants of John Linnell; Sotheby's, London, 14 April 1994, lot 350.
with Spink-Leger, London.
Exhibited
London, P.& D. Colnaghi & Co., A loan exhibition of Drawings, Watercolours and Paintings by John Linnell and his circle, 10 January-2 February 1973, no. 27.
Salisbury, City Library, John Linnell, 1977.
Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum and New Haven, Yale Center for British Art, John Linnell - A Centennial Exhibition, October1982-March 1983, no 23.
London, Spink-Leger, Feeling Through the Eye, 2000, no. 52.
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Lot Essay
See lot 75 for another watercolour dating from Linnell's 1813 tour of North Wales.