13th Nov, 2021 9:30 GMT/BST
British, European & Sporting Art
1014
Peter de Wint OWS (1784-1849)
View of Whitby looking down the river to the sea
Watercolour heightened with white, 45cm by 86cm
The Fine Art Society, London, January 1963
Private Collection, UK
Peter de Wint was one of the finest English watercolour painters of his era, greatly admired for his expansive views of the English countryside executed in a muted palette of warm earthy colours. Born in Staffordshire to a physician father of Dutch descent who had recently emigrated from New York, de Wint served his apprenticeship with engraver John Raphael Smith before settling in London. Here he became established as a drawing master and spent most of the year teaching and painting in London, but in the summers he travelled to the countryside where he taught wealthy families and painted his much-loved landscapes. He particularly favoured the North of England, spending much time in Yorkshire, Cumberland and Westmorland; his paintings can be found in the National Gallery and the V&A.
Sold for £9,000
Estimated at £10,000 - £20,000
In a broadly good state of preservation. Some general evident time staining of the sheet which is more apparent within the less worked areas such as the white cloud. This may be tempering the overall impression of colour however there is also some slight reduction to the integrity of the blues. There has been some losses along the trunk of the forefront tree on the right-hand side (Images can be supplied). Most of which have either been touched in with white unless the underdrawing is showing beneath. Some of the white in general in this sera and to a lesser degree elsewhere has lost some of its body and therefore been slightly flat. This could be the result of an old clean. The odd small-sized bit of debris trapped under glass. No evidence of cockling. Not examined out of the frame. For more information please contact the department.
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Auction: British, European & Sporting Art, 13th Nov, 2021
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