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
Shipping in an estuary; A view of Conwy Castle
Lot Closed
April 11, 01:29 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
The Property of the Marquess of Anglesey from the Private Apartment at Plas Newydd
Nicholas Pocock
Bristol 1740–1821 Cookham
Shipping in an estuary; A view of Conwy Castle
the first, signed and dated lower right: N. Pocock /1814
a pair, both oil on canvas, one unlined
one:
unframed: 38 x 52 cm.; 15 x 20½ in.
framed: 57.5 x 71 cm.; 22⅝ x 28 in.
the other:
unframed: 38 x 51.5 cm; 15 x 20 ¼ in.
framed: 57.5 x 71 cm.; 22⅝ x 28 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, An Inventory and Valuation […] At Plas Newydd, Anglesey, London 1948, p. 136 (possibly in the saloon as Sea pieces hung in pairs either side of the windows) (private family archive);
C. Hussey, ‘Plas Newydd, Anglesey, The Seat of the Marquess of Anglesey - I', in Country Life, 1 December 1955, p. 1254 (reproduced hung salon style in the Drawing Room).