Online Auction 21183Dramas of Light and Land: The Martyn Gregory Collection of British Art
JOHN WEBBER, R.A. (LONDON 1750-1793)
Lot 56

JOHN WEBBER, R.A. (LONDON 1750-1793)

View of Lake Bala and Aran Mountains, North Wales

Closed24 March 2022

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GBP 3,024

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JOHN WEBBER, R.A. (LONDON 1750-1793)
View of Lake Bala and Aran Mountains, North Wales
pencil, pen and grey ink and watercolour on paper watermarked with a fleur-de-lys
12 7⁄8 x 18 5⁄8 in. (32.7 x 47.3 cm.)

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 3 April 1996, lot 125.

Specialist note

Although undated, the present drawing must date from Webber's 1791 tour of North Wales. Lake Bala is a short distance from Bont Newydd (see lot 44), and was another key location on a picturesque tour of Wales at that time.

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