Winchester from Morestead Downs
Winchester from Morestead Downs
Winchester from Morestead DownsSigned lower left: WINCHESTER/From Morested Downs/by G.F.E. Prosser. 1876.Watercolour over pencil heightened with bodycolour42.5 by 74.9 cm., 16 3/4 by 29 1/2 in.Provenance:Private Collection, HampshireThis is a view of Winchester taken from the south-east near the village of Morestead. To the left the landscape rises towards St Catherine's Hill. On the hill to the west are Winchester Barracks with spire of Christ Church visible centre left. The square tower in the centre of the watercolour is Winchester College Chapel with the larger Winchester Cathedral visible to its right.){kind=link}
George Frederick Prosser (1805-1882)
Winchester from Morestead Downs
Signed lower left: WINCHESTER/From Morested Downs/by G.F.E. Prosser. 1876.
Watercolour over pencil heightened with bodycolour
42.5 by 74.9 cm., 16 3/4 by 29 1/2 in.
Provenance:
Private Collection, Hampshire
This is a view of Winchester taken from the south-east near the village of Morestead. To the left the landscape rises towards St Catherine's Hill. On the hill to the west are Winchester Barracks with spire of Christ Church visible centre left. The square tower in the centre of the watercolour is Winchester College Chapel with the larger Winchester Cathedral visible to its right.