Peter De Wint, O.W.S. (Stone, Staffordshire 1784-1849 London)

Westminster Bridge from the East

Details

Peter De Wint, O.W.S. (Stone, Staffordshire 1784-1849 London)
Westminster Bridge from the East
with inscription by Harriet de Wint 'Westminster Bridge/from the East/Dewint del' and further inscribed 'No 1' (on the reverse of the old mount)
pencil and brown wash
4 3/8 x 9 7/8 in. (11.1 x 25 cm.)

Provenance

Harriet de Wint.
Studio Sale of Peter de Wint; Christie's, London, 22-24 May and 27-28 May 1850 (lot 31 or 32).
John Morris, 1884.
Private Collection, Northumberland, by 1964.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 25 November 2004, lot 144, where purchased by the present owner.

Exhibited

London, Vokins Gallery, Loan Collection of Water-Colour drawings and sketches by Peter de Wint, Centenary Exhibition, 1884, no. 151.
London, Appleby Brothers, Autumn Exhibition, 1961, no. 134.
London, Appleby Brothers, Summer Exhibition, 1965, no. 107.

Engraved

Charles Heath, Views of London, 1825, pl. 22.

Sale room notice

Please note the watercolour is in a temporary frame and will be sold unframed.

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Lot Essay

A large watercolour by de Wint of Westminster Palace, Hall and Abbey from the Bridge, executed in 1808, is in the Victoria & Albert Museum, which shares the tonal contrasts and depth of space as the present watercolour.

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