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

Edward Cheney was a pupil of Peter de Wint and Thomas Hartley Cromek. After his father’s death in 1820, the family moved to Italy where Cheney spent much of his adult life. He was a great collector of Old Master drawings and etchings, watercolours, bronzes and books.