Live Auction 5472Old Master, 19th Century & British Drawings & Watercolours
Peter De Wint, O.W.S. (Stone, Staffordshire 1784-1849 London)
Lot 1222

Peter De Wint, O.W.S. (Stone, Staffordshire 1784-1849 London)

Westminster Bridge from the East

Closed9 December 2010

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GBP 2,500

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Peter De Wint, O.W.S. (Stone, Staffordshire 1784-1849 London)
Westminster Bridge from the East
with inscription by Harriet de Wint 'Westminster Bridge/from the East/Dewint del' and further inscribed 'No 1' (on the reverse of the old mount)
pencil and brown wash
4 3/8 x 9 7/8 in. (11.1 x 25 cm.)

Harriet de Wint.
Studio Sale of Peter de Wint; Christie's, London, 22-24 May and 27-28 May 1850 (lot 31 or 32).
John Morris, 1884.
Private Collection, Northumberland, by 1964.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 25 November 2004, lot 144, where purchased by the present owner.

Specialist note

A large watercolour by de Wint of Westminster Palace, Hall and Abbey from the Bridge, executed in 1808, is in the Victoria & Albert Museum, which shares the tonal contrasts and depth of space as the present watercolour.