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SAMUEL HIERONYMUS GRIMM | Caernarvon Castle, North Wales

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September 20, 03:27 PM GMT

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

SAMUEL HIERONYMUS GRIMM

Bergdorf 1733 - London 1794

Caernarvon Castle, North Wales

Pen and black and grey ink with grey wash, on laid paper watermarked: GR and with the Strasburg Lily;

inscribed upper centre: Carnarvon Castle, further inscribed verso, lower centre: above Caernarvon Castle taken on the Spot by S:H: Grimm - 1777. - NB. this drawing was taken in very thick cloudy weather, in clear weather / there are many more Mountains, with [sic] show themselves in the distance, with were envelloped [sic] in Cloud and Fog.

294 by 478 mm (drawing)

414 by 634 mm (mount)

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James Tobin, 1818;

Sir John Fitzherbert 8^th Bt. (1913-1989);

Walter Brandt (1902-1978);

by family descent until the present owner

A comparison can be made between this drawing and a work illustrated in Rotha Mary Clay, Samuel Hieronymus Grimm, 1941, pl. 85.