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Property from the Collection of the late Cyril and Shirley Fry

Peter De Wint, O.W.S.

Gypsies at Richardson's fairground on Blackheath, London

Lot Closed

July 8, 01:54 PM GMT

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Collection of the late Cyril and Shirley Fry

Peter De Wint, O.W.S.

Stone, Staffordshire 1784 - 1849 London

Gypsies at Richardson's fairground on Blackheath, London


Watercolour over pencil;

inscribed on a tent: Richards

105 by 209 mm

The Reverend W.A. Hepher's sister (according to an old label)
London, The Fry Gallery & Brighton, Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, Peter de Wint 1784–1849, Bicentenary Loan Exhibition, 1984-5;
Sudbury, Gainsborough's House, A Peculiarly English Art, English Drawings and Watercolours, 1994, no. 16
C. Fry, 'Peter de Wint 1784-1849'. The Royal Pavilion & Museums Review, 1984, fig. 15
Blackheath occupies an elevated position to the south of Greenwich. The tradition of holding 'hog and pleasure' fairs there was established in the late 17th century by George, Baron Dartmouth (d.1691).