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.
Portrait of Harriet de Wint, née Hilton (1791-1866)
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July 8, 01:59 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 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
Portrait of Harriet de Wint, née Hilton (1791-1866)
Black chalk and watercolour;
inscribed in the artist's hand on an old label: How very like!
257 by 172 mm
Leonard Gordon Duke (1890-1972);
by whom given to Cyril and Shirley Fry
by whom given to Cyril and Shirley Fry
London, The Palser Gallery, De Wint Exhibition, 1937, no. 33;
London, The Fry Gallery & Brighton, Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, Peter de Wint 1784-1849, Bicentenary Loan Exhibition, 1984-5, no. 53;
Sudbury, Gainsborough's House, A Peculiarly English Art, English Drawings and Watercolours, 1994, no. 13
London, The Fry Gallery & Brighton, Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, Peter de Wint 1784-1849, Bicentenary Loan Exhibition, 1984-5, no. 53;
Sudbury, Gainsborough's House, A Peculiarly English Art, English Drawings and Watercolours, 1994, no. 13
In 1810, Peter de Wint married Harriet Hilton, the sister of his great friend and fellow artist, William Hilton. The couple lived in Golden Square, London close to another leading watercolourist, John Varley. Although de Wint travelled a great deal in search of new landscapes, patrons and pupils, the couple were devoted to one another and their marriage was a happy one.
This sensitive and intimate portrait also highlights de Wint’s avant-garde use of watercolour.