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T04943 On the West Lynn, North Devon 1858
Watercolour and gouache with some scraping-out on wove paper 278 × 393 (10 7/8 × 15 1/2) mounted on cartridge paper
Inscribed ‘G.P. Boyce '58’ b.r., ‘On the West Lynn - N. Devon - 10.30 a.m. | Geo. P. Boyce - July 1858.’ on the back of the secondary support, ‘On the West Lynn. N. Devon | GPBoyce. 1858’ (initials in monogram) on back of lining paper formerly stuck to the cartridge paper
Presented by John W. Watson 1987
Prov: The artist's executors, sold Christie's 1 July 1897 (30) £5. 5s. bt Mrs Charrington, later Mrs Hadley, a niece of the artist; by descent to John W. Watson
Exh: George Price Boyce, Tate Gallery, June–Aug. 1987 (23, repr.)
Between about July and November 1858 Boyce toured the West Country, the southern part of which he had first visited in 1853. Two watercolours of views made during the 1858 trip were exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1859: ‘At Lynmouth, North Devon’ (645) and ‘The East Lyn at Middleham, North Devon’ (682)… (read more)
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