Peter De Wint, O.W.S.

Sale, London, Sotheby's, 30 November 2000, lot 300

The colours in this work are rich and strong - there retain much of their original earthiness. The work has not been in laid down and is in generally good condition.
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The village of Alfriston is situated on the river Cuckmere, three miles north-east of Seaford in East Sussex. De Wint painted several other views of this county. In 1837 he presented Twlight – Felphan, Sussex at the annual Society of Painters in Water-Colour Exhibition. There was a View of Arundel in his Studio sale of 1850¹ and a View of Pulborough that was shown by Vokins of London at their 1886 Centenary Exhibition.² Hastings Museum owns the watercolour View of Pevensey Castle, while Fishing Boats at Hastings is in the collection of the Nottingham Castle Museum.

<sup>1. Christie’s, London, 24 May 1850, lot 265
2. London, Vokins, Peter de Wint: Centenary Exhibition, 1884, no. 80</sup>