Study of a Landscape with Trees in Winter
Study of a Landscape with Trees in Winter
 Study of a Landscape with Trees in WinterWatercolour on laid paper10.7 by 15.6 cm., 4 ¼ by 6 in.Provenance:Iolo Aneurin Williams (1890-1962);By descent until 2024This is a rare landscape watercolour by Hayter who is known for his large scale history paintings. His large painting of the interior of the Old House of Commons involved almost 400 individual portrait and took him ten years to complete (1833 to 1843) - it is now in the National Portrait Gallery. He painted Queen Victoria as a girl in 1832-33 and was appointed as her `Portrait and Historical Painter.' He painted her coronation, marriage and the christening of her oldest son the Prince of Wales and was knighted in 1842.This is part of a group of watercolours dating from 1857 most of which were given by Iolo Williams to the British Museum in 1939.){kind=link}
Sir George Hayter (1792-1871)
Study of a Landscape with Trees in Winter
Watercolour on laid paper
10.7 by 15.6 cm., 4 ¼ by 6 in.
Provenance:
Iolo Aneurin Williams (1890-1962);
By descent until 2024
This is a rare landscape watercolour by Hayter who is known for his large scale history paintings. His large painting of the interior of the Old House of Commons involved almost 400 individual portrait and took him ten years to complete (1833 to 1843) - it is now in the National Portrait Gallery. He painted Queen Victoria as a girl in 1832-33 and was appointed as her `Portrait and Historical Painter.' He painted her coronation, marriage and the christening of her oldest son the Prince of Wales and was knighted in 1842.
This is part of a group of watercolours dating from 1857 most of which were given by Iolo Williams to the British Museum in 1939.