Important Australian + International Fine Art - 2 May 2012 | Sydney
Lot 53
John Glover
(1767 - 1849)
CRUCIS ABBEY, VALE OF LLANGOLLEN, 1816
watercolour on paper
46.5 x 76.0 cm
Estimate:
$15,000 - 20,000
Lot Details
Description
John Glover
(1767 - 1849)
CRUCIS ABBEY, VALE OF LLANGOLLEN, 1816
watercolour on paper
46.5 x 76.0 cm
inscribed with title and number 155 on label verso
Provenance
Private collection, Shropshire, United Kingdom
Private collection, Melbourne
Exhibited
Society of Painters in Water Colours, London, 1816, cat. 155, as 'Crucis Abbey Vale of Llangollen'
Possibly, Society of British Artists, London, 1826, cat. 236, as 'Valley-Crucis Abbey near Llangollen, North Wales'
The subject of this work has recently been confirmed by the Hon. Secretary of the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours, London.