Name: JOHN BRETT, A.R.A. (BRITISH, 1831-1902)
Brand: Cwm-yr-Eglwys Bay
Price: 4200.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

JOHN BRETT, A.R.A. (BRITISH, 1831-1902)
Cwm-yr-Eglwys Bay
inscribed and dated 'Cwm Reiglas Bay [sic.] 30 Aug 82' (upper left) and signed 'from J.T. B' (on a partial label attached to the reverse)
oil on canvas
7 x 14 in. (17.5 x 35.5 cm.)
in the original frame

The artist; Christie's, London, 17 May 1884, lot 53, as 'Cym Yr Eglas Bay' (22¹⁄₂ gns to Anderson), .
Mrs Mansfield, Reading.
K. Read, Epsom.
Anonymous sale; Lawrence's, Bletchingly, 15 March 2016, lot 1316, where purchased by the present owner.

C. Payne & C. Brett, John Brett: Pre-Raphaelite Landscape Painter, New Haven and London, 2010, p. 226, no. 981, as 'Cwm-yr-Eglas Bay'.

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Lot Essay

During the summers in the 1880s, Brett rented Newport Castle in Pembrokeshire, Wales, from Sir Martin Lloyd. This became a base for his large family and enabled him to paint the surrounding landscapes and coastlines.

This painting captures the view from the east corner of Dinas Island, in north Pembrokeshire, at the cove known as Cwm-yr-Eglwys (Valley of the Church).