A pair of straw-work and watercolour pictures, probably Welsh, mid 19th century

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A pair of straw-work and watercolour pictures, probably Welsh, mid 19th century
depicting the Conway Bridges and Castle; the other of the Britannia Bridge over the Menai, on paper laid on board, maple veneered frames with giltwood slips -- 21½ x 26½in. (54.5 x 67.3cm.) overall (2)

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Lot Essay

A similar picture as the first sold in these rooms, The Judkyn/Pratt Collection of British Folk Art, 8th November 1995, lot 65.
Other similar pictures in the same sale portrayed an asylum in north Wales and another thought to be a view of Glan-y-don, the Welsh seaside branch of a Manchester based asylum, it has been suggested that these were an early form of occupational therapy.

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
James Ayres,English Naive Painting 1750-1900, Thames and Hudson, London and N.Y. 1981.

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