Lot 286
  • 286

Paul Sandby Munn

Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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Description

  • Paul Sandby Munn
  • Views in Wales, Shropshire and the Lake District
  • Five, each watercolour over pencil;
    four signed, inscribed and dated between 1803 and 1806
  • Largest 320 by 464 mm
including the Pont Rhydwrwrie [?]; Vale of Tan y Bwlch; Borrowdale; Dogetty; Wenlock Priory; and (by another hand) a Castle in the Moonlit

Provenance

Probably Sir William Forbes, 7th Bt. of Pitsligo (1773-1828)

Condition

Pont Rhydwrwrie [?], vale of Tan y Bwlch has been well preserved. There is some fading to the pigments and general surface dirt but the images retains a sense of grandeur. The original mount is discoloured. Many of the pigments in the remaining drawings have faded.
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