Old Master & British Works on Paper
Old Master & British Works on Paper
Property from the Collection of the late Cyril and Shirley Fry
Peter De Wint, O.W.S.
Greenwich from One Tree Hill
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Property from the Collection of the late Cyril and Shirley Fry
Peter De Wint, O.W.S.
Stone, Staffordshire 1784 - 1849 London
Greenwich from One Tree Hill
Pen and brown ink and wash; together with the engraving by Charles Heath, after de Wint's watercolour
The watercolour: 110 by 226 mm, the print: 211 by 278 mm
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The watercolour: with J.W. Vokins, London, by 1884
One Tree Hill lies to the south of London and takes its name from an ancient oak tree that Queen Elizabeth reputedly picnicked under in 1602. De Wint stands on its summit looking north, towards the metropolis beyond.