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
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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
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).
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