Classic Design Including Property of the Marquess of Anglesey
Classic Design Including Property of the Marquess of Anglesey
The Property of the Marquess of Anglesey from the Private Apartment at Plas Newydd
Nicholas Pocock
Men-o-war in choppy seas
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April 11, 01:32 PM GMT
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The Property of the Marquess of Anglesey from the Private Apartment at Plas Newydd
Nicholas Pocock
Bristol 1740–1821 Cookham
Men-o-war in choppy seas
signed and dated lower right: N. Pocock / 1814
oil on canvas
unframed: 37.5 x 51 cm.; 14¾ x 20⅛ in.
framed: 56 x 70 cm.; 22 x 27½ in.
Possibly purchased by Henry William Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey (1768-1854).
Thomas Agnew & Son, London, Valuation for Insurance of The Pictures and Drawings, The Property of the Most Honourable The Marquess of Anglesey, At Uxbridge House, St James Square, Plas Newydd, and 8 Lees Mews, 2 February 1910, possibly at 8 Lees Mews and one of nos 16, 17, 18, 19 (Bangor University Archives and Special Collections, PN/IX/3198);
Lofts & Warner, London, An Inventory and Valuation […] At Plas Newydd, Anglesey, 1948, p. 136 (possibly in the saloon as Sea pieces hung in pairs either side of the windows) (private family archive);
C. Hussey, ‘Plas Neywdd, Anglesey, The Seat of The Seat of the Marquess of Anglesey - I', Country Life, 1 December 1955, p. 1254 (reproduced hung salon style in the drawing room).