LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Size Notes:

Frame: 43.25 x 55.5 x 3 in

Markings:

Signed, inscribed and dated lower right (on rock): Chas. Townley Pinxt 1797

Condition:

Glue-lined canvas. Under UV light there appears to be at least two periods of restoration. There is a 3 x 3 inch area of inpaint in sky probably addressing a U-shaped tear and a 2 1/2 x 1inch restoration just above the castle chimney (against mountain); both of these areas are noticeable in natural light. There is a thin line of intermittent inpaint corresponding to the horizontal cross bar. There are a few areas of scattered inpaint overall. The painting has been selectively cleaned. Canvas is a little slack. Inscribed on reverse: 'Cleaned - oiled by W.A. Oktavec 1941'

Literature:

M. Grant, A Chronological History of the Old English Landscape Paintings, Leigh-on-Sea, 1973, Volume III, p. 244.

Provenance:

Schweitzer Gallery, New York; Sotheby's, New York, June 5, 1992, lot 18; Sotheby's, New York, December 5, 2008, lot 56; Acquired from the above by the present owner.