Live Auction 1546The Raglan Collection: Wellington, Waterloo and The Crimea And Works of Art from the Collection of the Marquesses of Londonderry
John Wilson Carmichael (1799-1868)
Lot 479

John Wilson Carmichael (1799-1868)

A view of the East Front of Wynyard House

Closed23 May 2014

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GBP 687

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John Wilson Carmichael (1799-1868)
A view of the East Front of Wynyard House
signed and dated 'J.W. Carmichael/1837' (lower left) and with inscription 'East Front Wynyard House. The seat of the Marquess of Londonderry/painted by J W Carmichael 1837/Newcastle' (on the verso of the old blackboard)
pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour and gum arabic and with scratching out on paper
10.7/8 x 15.1/2 in. (27.7 x 39.4 cm.)

Specialist note

Notably Carmichael captures a view of Wynard Hall two years before the completion of the nineteen year long rebuilding project by Philip Wyatt which was begun in 1822. In 1841, five years after this view was executed Wynyard was tragically gutted by fire.