Name: RICHARD WESTALL, R.A. (HERTFORD 1765-1836 LONDON)
Brand: Woods near Clifton, Bristol
Price: 900.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

RICHARD WESTALL, R.A. (HERTFORD 1765-1836 LONDON)
Woods near Clifton, Bristol
signed with initials 'R.W.' (lower right) and inscribed 'Near Clifton/ Glostershire' [sic] (verso, according to previous cataloguing)
pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour with scratching out on paper
11¹⁄₂ x 9¹⁄₄ in. (29.3 x 23.5 cm.)

Peter Cochrane, from whom purchased by the present owner, 1997.

London, Martyn Gregory, An Exhibition of British Watercolours and Drawings 1730-1870, cat. 89, 10-25 May 2012, no. 85.

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Richard Westall enrolled at the Royal Academy Schools in 1785 and became a prolific exhibitor at the Academy's exhibitions. His watercolours of picturesque landscapes were admired by his contemporaries, but increasingly he undertook figurative subjects, including contributions to Boydell's 'Shakespeare Gallery', Fuseli's 'Milton Gallery', and episodes in the life of Lord Nelson. On a smaller scale he was much in demand as a book illustrator. In his latter years he tutored the young Princess Victoria in drawing.