Peter de Wint 1784-1849

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Description

Peter De Wint
whitby abbey, northumberland
watercolour over pencil heightened with scratching out, framed

Provenance

L. H. Slater, Chatham House;
Acquired from Fred Meatyard, 1954

Catalogue Note

Whitby Abbey, founded in the seventh century, overlooks the Northumbrian coastline. Although it was an important medieval site, in 1539, due to Henry VIII's dissolution of the monasteries, it ceased to function as a religious centre. In 1762, there was further disaster, when the central tower and west front collapsed leaving Whitby in a state of total ruin