Peter De Wint, O.W.S. (Stone, Staffordshire 1784-1849 London)
Lot 123

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

A Norman Abbey

Closed5 December 2013

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GBP 3,500

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Peter De Wint, O.W.S. (Stone, Staffordshire 1784-1849 London)
A Norman Abbey
with inscription 'Sketch by de Wint/from/his Grand-daughter H.H. Tatlock' (on a label attached to the backboard)
pencil and watercolour
13¾ x 9? in. (34.9 x 23.8 cm.)

Helen Tatlock, the artist's daughter and by descent to
Harriet Helen Tatlock (d. 1922).
Muriel Bostock.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 12 July 1994, lot 101, as 'A Church in Normandy'.

Specialist note

Helen Tatlock was the artist's daughter. Her collection passed to her daughter Miss Harriet Helen Tatlock and then to her companion Miss Muriel Bostock.

De Wint is primarily associated with capturing the rural landscape of Britain. However, watercolours such as the present work demonstrate the artist's parallel interest in architecture and particularly ecclesiastical architecture and the interplay of shape and form and differing materials.