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

On the Lowther, Northumberland

Details

Peter de Wint, O.W.S. (Stone, Staffordshire 1784-1849 London)
On the Lowther, Northumberland
with inscription 'Lowther' (on the reverse)
pencil and watercolour on paper
11½ x 18 in. (29.2 x 45.7 cm.)

Provenance

Peter de Wint (+); Christie's, London, 24 May 1850, lot 269 (5 gns to Vokins for John Henderson).
with Agnew's, London.

Literature

H. Smith, Peter de Wint, London, 1982, p. 146, no. 269.

Exhibited

London, W/S Fine Art, Summer 2009, no. 42.

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Lot Essay

De Wint visited Lowther Castle frequently, where through the kindness of the Earl of Lonsdale he was able to visit 'the remote and picturesque spots in that wild and beautiful district' (H. Smith, op.cit., pp. 122-23). He was certainly there in 1839 as there is a dated watercolour in the Hickman Bacon collection. The present watercolour is from a similar date.

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