The Rafael Valls Sale
The Rafael Valls Sale
Lot Closed
April 8, 02:01 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
C. JOHN M. WHICHELO
British, 1784 - 1865
A MOONLIT VIEW OVER THE BAY OF NAPLES, WITH THE ERUPTION OF VESUVIUS ON 22 FEBRUARY 1822
inscribed on the reverse: Eruption of Vesuvius 22nd Feby 1822 / painted by 'Wichelo' Lansdscape Painter to / His Majesty George III
oil on canvas
unframed: 63.2 x 76.1 cm.; 25 x 30⅛ in.
framed: 78.9 x 92 cm.; 31¼ x 36½ in.
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Anonymous sale ('The Property of a Gentleman'), London, Sotheby's, 10 July 1996, lot 68.
London, British Institution, 1823, no. 329.
John Whichelo's earliest work was of a purely topographical character, and some of his drawings were engraved for Wilkinson's Londina Illustrata and Brayley's Beauties of England and Wales. He began to exhibit at the Royal Academy in 1810, sending chiefly marine views, and for a few years held the appointment of marine painter to King George III.
