Cayton Mill near Scarborough, Yorkshire
Cayton Mill near Scarborough, Yorkshire
Francis Nicholson (1753-1844)
Cayton Mill near Scarborough, Yorkshire
Signed and inscribed on the original mount: F. Nicholson 1793 and inscribed by the artist on the back of the original mount: F. Nicholson Knaresborough Yorkshire/or at No 58 Cornhill London and further: Miss Erskine with Mr Carr's Compts/Leeds 29 October 1793
Pen and black and ink and watercolour over pencil
23.5 by 32.8 cm., 9 ¼ by 13 in
Provenance:
Mr Carr, a Merchant, Leeds;
Given by him to Miss Erskine, 1793;
With Agnew's 2004;
Private Collection, UK, until 2011
Exhibited:
Add Agnew's exhibition 2004, no.10
Ryedale Folk Museum, Hutton-le-Hole, Francis Nicholson, March-May 2012
Cayton is a village on the coast four miles south of Scarborough. The mill at Cayton was still recorded in the 1850s but has long since disappeared.