Peter De Wint
Llandaff Cathedral, South Wales

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Artist Peter De Wint (British, 1784–1849)British, 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

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Department

Prints and Drawings

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The Stuart Collection

Object Type

DRAWINGS, PASTELS & WATERCOLORS

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 possibly graphite: 258

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Verso: Watermark, right edge: J WHATMAN / 1829 [bottom to top]

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