Harvesters near Richborough Castle, Kent

Williams Evans of Bristol (1809-1858)
Harvesters near Richborough Castle, Kent

Signed, dated and inscribed, lower left: Wm. Evans. 1837/Richboro' Castle/as seen from the/Isle of Thanet
Watercolour over traces of pencil heightened with bodycolour and stopping out
19.6 by 34.5 cm., 7 ¾ by 13 ½ in.

Provenance:
With Martyn Gregory, London, 1997;
With Spink and Son, London;
Private Collection until 2024

Literature:
Martyn Gregory, William Evans of Bristol (1809-1858), 1987, p.10, no.5, ill.

Exhibited:
London, Martyn Gregory, William Evans of Bristol (1809-1858), 10th to 28th November 1987, no. 5

Evans was born in Bristol and was a pupil of Francis Danby in 1826. He is recorded as a drawing master in Bristol the following year and remained in the city until at least 1832. He lived in North Wales, near Bettws-y-Coed for a period and visited Germany and Italy for two years in the early 1850s.
Richborough Castle is a Roman and later Saxon fort in Richborough near Sandwich. In the foreground is the river Stour.