A Limestone Quarry, Combe Martin, Devon
A Limestone Quarry, Combe Martin, Devon
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A Limestone Quarry, Combe Martin, DevonInscribed lower right: Comb Martin N. DevonWatercolour over pencil heightened with touches of white30.7 by 43.7 cm., 12 by 17 1/4 in.This dates from Middleton's visit to Devon in 1850. Combe Martin is five miles east of Ilfracombe on the North Devon coast. He exhibited two views of the river Lyn at the British Institution in 1851 and 1853 and a view of Clovelly at the Royal Academy in 1851. Another watercolour of this view by Middleton, signed and dated 1850, was sold at Sotheby's on 30th November 2000, lot 312, for £7,800){kind=link}
John Middleton (1827-1856)
A Limestone Quarry, Combe Martin, Devon
Inscribed lower right: Comb Martin N. Devon
Watercolour over pencil heightened with touches of white
30.7 by 43.7 cm., 12 by 17 1/4 in.
This dates from Middleton's visit to Devon in 1850. Combe Martin is five miles east of Ilfracombe on the North Devon coast. He exhibited two views of the river Lyn at the British Institution in 1851 and 1853 and a view of Clovelly at the Royal Academy in 1851.
Another watercolour of this view by Middleton, signed and dated 1850, was sold at Sotheby's on 30th November 2000, lot 312, for £7,800