Name: JOHN BAVERSTOCK KNIGHT (LANGTON 1788-1859 PIDDLE HINTON)
Brand: Hengwrt, Cader Idris, North Wales
Price: 500.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

JOHN BAVERSTOCK KNIGHT (LANGTON 1788-1859 PIDDLE HINTON)
Hengwrt, Cader Idris, North Wales
inscribed 'Hengwert & Cader Idris from Llanelltyd Merionyethshire' (upper right)
pencil, pen and brown ink, grey and brown wash on oatmeal paper
12³⁄₈ x 18⁵⁄₈ in. (31.5 x 47.3 cm.)

London, Martyn Gregory, British Watercolours and Drawings 1750-1900, cat. 95, May 2016, no. 46.

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John Baverstock Knight was a follower of Francis Towne (1739-1816), and an honorary exhibitor at the Royal Academy in 1818 and 1819. His drawings emulate Towne's use of pen and ink outline, with planes of receding wash, and are held in the British Museum, Tate Britain, and the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Hengwrt, the house seen at the foot of Cader Idris, was the home of Robert Vaughn (1591/2-1667), the Welsh antiquary whose collection of manuscripts including medieval and historical theological works, literature, poetry and law formed a key part of the foundation collection of the National Library of Wales.