Lot 420
  • 420

WILLIAM JAMES MÜLLER | A Winding stream near Lynmouth, Devon

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description

  • Müller
  • A Winding stream near Lynmouth, Devon
  • Watercolour over pencil, heightened with bodycolour 
  • 378 by 567 mm.

Provenance

With Agnew's, Manchester;
Peter Allen (1815-1892), by 1882;
thence by family descent 

Exhibited

Manchester, Royal Jubilee Exhibition, 1882, no. 1680

Condition

This work has survived in very fine condition. The works remain fresh and strong. The sheet has been laid down.
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Catalogue Note

This work dates to 1844, the year in which Muller visited Lynmouth on the north coast of Devon. In 1882 the watercolour was loaned to the Royal Jubille Exhibition in Manchester by Peter Allen. Allen was the brother-in-law of John Edward Taylor (1830-1905), the proprietor of the Manchester Guardian and an important collector of paintings and watercolours (see lot 405 for further information). We are grateful to Francis Greenarce for his help when cataloguing this lot.