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

Penrhyn Castle, North Wales

Details

Peter de Wint, O.W.S. (Stone, Staffordshire 1784-1849 London)
Penrhyn Castle, North Wales
pencil and watercolour
14 5/8 x 22 ½ in. (37.2 x 57.2 cm.)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 13 November 1997, lot 69.

Literature

A.P. Oppé, The Water-colours of Turner, Cox and de Wint, Exhibition Catalogue, 1925, p. 26, no. 62.

Exhibited

London, Agnew's, Exhibition of Water-colour Drawings by Turner, Cox and de Wint, 1924, no. 62.

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Lot Essay

This is a view of Penrhyn Castle from the south with Beaumaris Castle on Anglesey visible beyond. This is likely to be the work exhibited at the Society of Painters in Water-colours in 1832, no.103 as `Penrhyn Castle, with Puffin Island in the Distance' which sold for 20 guineas. Puffin Island sits off the north-east coast of Anglesey.

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