SAMUEL HIERONYMUS GRIMM | Caernarvon Castle, North Wales
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September 20, 03:27 PM GMT
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3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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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 8th 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.