Peter De Wint
Llandaff Cathedral, South Wales

Llandaff Cathedral, South Wales

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Llandaff Cathedral, South Wales
ArtistBritish, 1784–1849
CultureBritish
Titles
  • Llandaff Cathedral, South Wales
Datec. 1848
Place depictedCardiff, Wales
MediumWatercolor over graphite, heightened with scratching out and stopping out on wove paper
DimensionsSheet: 12 13/16 × 19 9/16 in. (32.5 × 49.7 cm)
Credit LineThe Stuart Collection, museum purchase funded by Francita Stuart Koelsch Ulmer in memory of Robert Cummins Stuart IV
Object number2016.4
Not on view

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Department
Prints and Drawings
Special Collections
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist, 1848; [Royal Society of Painters in Water-Colours, London, 1848, cat. 258]; purchased by John Vaughn, 1848; [Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, by 1918]; purchased by Walter A. Barrett, 1918; [Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, by 1990 (as A Ruined Abbey near the Banks of a River, Mountains Beyond)]; [Andrew Wyld, London, by 2005 (as Llandaff)]; [Christie’s, London, Old Master and British Drawings and Watercolours, December 2, 2014, lot 188]; [Guy Peppiatt, Ltd., London, by 2015]; purchased by the MFAH, 2015.
Exhibition HistoryExhibition of the Society of Painters in Water Colours: The Forty-Fourth, Palmer and Clayton, London, 1848, cat. 258 (as Llandaff) (exh. cat. by Royal Society of Painters in Water-Colours).

English Watercolours and Drawings Agnew's 117th Annual Exhibition, Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, 1990, cat. 60, illus. (as A Ruined Abbey near the Banks of a River, Mountains Beyond).

Peter de Wint 1784-1849, Colourist and Countryman, Andrew Wyld and W/S Fine Art, London, 2005, cat. 28, illus. (as Llandaff) (exh. cat. by Andrew Wyld).

British Drawings and Watercolours, Guy Peppiatt, London, 2015, cat. 41, illus. (exh. cat. p. 45 and back cover).
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Verso: Inscribed in graphite: 258
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Verso: Watermark, right edge: J WHATMAN / 1829 [bottom to top]

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