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Lot 269
  • 269

William Wyld 1806-1889

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Description

  • William Wyld
  • A street in Hanover
  • signed l.l.: WWyld and inscribed l.r.: Hanover
  • watercolour over pencil heightened with bodycolour

Catalogue Note

Wyld started his career as Secretary to the British Consul in Calais, where he took lessons from Francia.   As a young man, he befriended Bonington and travelled extensively with the artist Horace Vernet in Italy, Spain and North Africa.  He was based in Paris, but exhibited in London from 1849