Signed lower right: F. Nash
Watercolour over traces of pencil heightened with bodycolour and
scratching out
17.3 by 25.6 cm., 6 ¾ by 10 in.
Provenance:
With Thos. Agnew & Sons, London (46402);
Arthur A.
Houghton, Queenstown, Maryland (1906-1990)
Inscribed verso: In Hyde Park
Watercolour over pencil heightened with touches of bodycolour and scratching out
229 x 342 mm, 9 1/4 x 13 ½ in.
Provenance
Anonymous sale, Sotheby’s, 30th November 2000, lot 258
Prince of Wales Lodge in
the south-east corner of Hyde Park next to Hyde Park Corner was built by
Decimus Burton in 1825. Nash was the son of a
Inscribed verso: Notre Dame Paris 7
Watercolour over pencil heightened with touches of
bodycolour
283 x 438 mm., 11 x 17 ¼ in.
This is a view of the Cathedral of Notre Dame from
the east, taken from under the Pont de la Tournelle. The stone bridge was built
in 1654 and lasted until it was demolished in 1918 and replaced by the current
bridge.
Nash first visited Paris in 1819 and returned again
in 1824 and 1825. He is best known for his views of Paris producing
`Picturesque Views of the City of Paris and its environs' published between
1819 and 1823. This is likely to be the picture exhibited at the British
Institution in 1849, no.132 as `View under one of the Arches of Pont Tournelle,
Paris.’
Watercolour over pencil heightened with touches of
bodycolour
273 x 363 mm., 10 ¾ x 14 ½ in.
Provenance:
With Abbott and Holder, 1981
Prebend’s Bridge is one of the three stone bridges
crossing the river Wear in Durham. It was built by George Nicholson between
1772 and 1778 replacing one which was swept away in a flood.