A Girl seated by a River
A Girl seated by a River
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Joshua Cristall (1768-1847)
A Girl seated by a River
Signed lower left: J Cristall 1824
Watercolour heightened with bodycolour and stopping out
25.3 by 20.2 cm., 10 by 8 in.
The same girl in the same pose features in a watercolour dated 1822 entitled `A Welsh Peasant Girl, Dolgelly, Merionethshire' sold at Christie's on 17th November 2005, lot 52. In 1823 Cristall moved to Goodrich on the river Wye where he lived until 1841.