Live Auction 1545Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art
Sidney Richard Percy (1821-1886)
Lot 121

Sidney Richard Percy (1821-1886)

Snowdon

Closed17 June 2014

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GBP 32,500

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Sidney Richard Percy (1821-1886)
Snowdon
signed and dated 'SR Percy 1853' (lower right)
oil on canvas
41 x 60 in. (104 x 152.3 cm.)

with Percy Polak, London, 1968, where probably acquired by the parents of the present owner.

Specialist note

This impressive view of Mount Snowdon in North Wales illustrates Percy's immeasurable talent for depicting monumental landscapes full of depth and atmosphere on a two-dimensional canvas. A related painting, painted in the same year and entitled In Snowdonia, is in Tate Britain.