St Mary's Church, Beddington
St Mary's Church, Beddington
Jonathan Skelton (1735-1759)
St Mary's Church, Beddington
Watercolour over pencil heightened with touches of bodycolour on laid paper
14.2 by 21.6 cm., 5 1/2 by 8 1/2 in.
Provenance:
L.G. Duke, C.B.E. (1890-1971), his sale, Sotheby's, 16th July 1970, lot 170;
Walter Brandt (1902-1978);
By descent until 2019
LIterature:
Possibly S. Rowland Pierce, `Jonathan Skelton and his Watercolours', Walpole Society, 1960, p. 19-20, one of nos. 60-65
Skelton's major patron Archbishop William Herring lived at Addington Palace, only a few miles from Beddington.