JONATHAN SKELTON | A church tower seen from an orchard, probably St. Mary's, Beddington

Leonard G. Duke, C.B.E. (1890-1971);

his sale, London, Sotheby's, 16 July 1970, lot 170;

acquired by Walter Brandt (1902-1978);

by family descent until the present owner

Possibly S. Rowland Pierce, 'Jonathan Skelton and his watercolours', The Walpole Society, 1960, p. 19-20, nos. 60-65

Dating from circa 1750 this drawing is likely to depict St. Mary's Church in the village of Beddington. Jonathan Skelton was a frequent visitor to the area, as his major patron Archbishop William Herring lived only a few miles away at Addington Palace.