Penrhyn Castle
Penrhyn Castle
Peter de Wint (1784-1849)
Penrhyn Castle, North Wales
Watercolour over pencil
36.3 by 55.8 cm., 14 1/4 by 22 in.
Provenance:
An Estate sale, Sotheby's 13th November 1997, lot 69;
Private Collection until 2017
Literature:
A.P. Oppe, The Water-colours of Turner, Cox and de Wint, Exhibition Catalogue, 1925, p.26, no.62
Exhibited:
London, Agnew's, Exhibition of Water-colour Drawings by Turner, Cox and de Wint, 1924, no.62
This is a view of Penrhyn Castle from the south with Beaumaris Castle on Anglesey visible beyond. This is likely to be the work exhibited at the Society of Painters in Water-colours in 1832, no.103 as `Penrhyn Castle, with Puffin Island in the Distance' which sold for 20 guineas.