John Wilson Carmichael (1799-1868)

A view of the East Front of Wynyard House

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John Wilson Carmichael (1799-1868)
A view of the East Front of Wynyard House
signed and dated 'J.W. Carmichael/1837' (lower left) and with inscription 'East Front Wynyard House. The seat of the Marquess of Londonderry/painted by J W Carmichael 1837/Newcastle' (on the verso of the old blackboard)
pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour and gum arabic and with scratching out on paper
10.7/8 x 15.1/2 in. (27.7 x 39.4 cm.)

Literature

Possibly, Holderness House inventory, 1851, p. 48 ‘a pair of watercolour drawings (Wynyard)’, (part).
Londonderry House inventory, 1939, p. 126, ante dining room.

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Lot Essay

Notably Carmichael captures a view of Wynard Hall two years before the completion of the nineteen year long rebuilding project by Philip Wyatt which was begun in 1822. In 1841, five years after this view was executed Wynyard was tragically gutted by fire.

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