Live Auction 5696The Collection of the Late John Appleby: A Channel Island Treasure House
William Cowen (Rotherham 1797-1861)
Lot 177

William Cowen (Rotherham 1797-1861)

View of Frascati, near Rome

Closed4 November 2010

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GBP 875

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William Cowen (Rotherham 1797-1861)
View of Frascati, near Rome
signed and dated 'W. Cowen 1819' (lower right) and with a contemporary inscription 'Frascati near Rome/Original sketch by W. Cowen 1819' (on the reverse)
pen and black ink and watercolour, on paper, unframed
9¼ x 12½ in. (23.5 x 31.7 cm.)

Specialist note

William Cowen was a landscape painter, whose early talents were spotted by Earl Fitzwilliam who paid for the artist to travel through Switzerland and Italy. It is highly probable that this watercolour of Frascati was executed on this tour.