John Young

Jersey, view of Mont Orgueil Castle, Gorey

Lot Closed

December 7, 11:17 AM GMT

Estimate

5,000 - 7,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from a UK Private Collection

John Young

Southampton 1786–1828 St. Peter Port, Guernsey

Jersey, view of Mont Orgueil Castle, Gorey

indistinctly inscribed lower right: [...]NXIT

oil on mahogany panel

unframed: 41.3 x 62.4 cm.; 16¼ x 24⅝ in.

framed: 50.9 x 71.8 cm.; 20 x 28¼ in.

Anonymous sale ('The Property of a Lady'), London, Christie's, 22 March 1974, lot 9 (one of two; as A. Young);

Where acquired by the present owner.

A comparable view by the artist, executed on canvas an on a larger scale, is currently on loan to 16 New Street Georgian House, St Helier, Jersey.¹