Old Master & British Works on Paper
Old Master & British Works on Paper
Property from a British Private Collection
James Baker Pyne
East Cowes Castle, the seat of J. Nash, Esq., The Regatta starting for their Moorings
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Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Property from a British Private Collection
James Baker Pyne
Bristol 1800 - 1870 London
East Cowes Castle, the seat of J. Nash, Esq., The Regatta starting for their Moorings
Watercolour over pencil, heightened with bodycolour;
signed and dated lower left: J.B. PYNE 1861.
497 by 679 mm
Sale, New York, Sotheby's, 21 November 1980, lot 150,
where acquired by the parents of the present owners
where acquired by the parents of the present owners
James Baker Pyne was a painter in both oils and watercolour and from 1842 he was a member of the Society of British Artists. The present watercolour is a copy after J.M.W. Turner's oil painting that was commissioned by the architect, John Nash, and is now held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.1
1. A. Wilton, The Life and Work of J.M.W. Turner, Fribourg 1979, p. 272, no. P243
1. A. Wilton, The Life and Work of J.M.W. Turner, Fribourg 1979, p. 272, no. P243