7th Dec, 2023 10:30

Winter Specialist Sale

 
  Lot 3
 

Nicholas Pocock, OWS (1740-1821) – Bristol and the Avon Gorge

Nicholas Pocock, OWS (1740-1821) – Series of eight watercolours with aquatint over etched outline - Bristol and the Avon Gorge, comprising Avon Gorge with Cook's Folly from near the New Hotwells; The Avon at Black Rock; Shipping on the Avon with a view of the Hotwells; Bristol Harbour looking towards St Mary Redcliffe; Bristol Cathedral and the Quay from Wapping; Clifton Hill from Sea Banks; View of the Avon and Bristol Channel; Kingsweston and the Bristol Channel, three signed and dated 1789 (2) and 1792 (1), 24.5cm x 38cm, in gilt and ebonised frames under glass (8)

See Greenacre, Francis. Marine Artists of Bristol, 1982, p.44 ff for a discussion of this series.

Sold for £500


 

Nicholas Pocock, OWS (1740-1821) – Series of eight watercolours with aquatint over etched outline - Bristol and the Avon Gorge, comprising Avon Gorge with Cook's Folly from near the New Hotwells; The Avon at Black Rock; Shipping on the Avon with a view of the Hotwells; Bristol Harbour looking towards St Mary Redcliffe; Bristol Cathedral and the Quay from Wapping; Clifton Hill from Sea Banks; View of the Avon and Bristol Channel; Kingsweston and the Bristol Channel, three signed and dated 1789 (2) and 1792 (1), 24.5cm x 38cm, in gilt and ebonised frames under glass (8)

See Greenacre, Francis. Marine Artists of Bristol, 1982, p.44 ff for a discussion of this series.

Auction: Winter Specialist Sale, 7th Dec, 2023

Our Winter Specialist Sale of Fine Furniture, Modern Design, Paintings, Prints, Silver, Jewellery, Watches, Ceramics, Glassware, Collector Items, Wines, and Spirits.

The auction includes the principal contents of Gatcombe Court, Somerset. Highlights include a 17th-century embroidered stumpwork panel, Fortunino Matania oil on canvas – The Last General Absolution of the Munsters at Rue du Bois, and an 1880 painted wooden rocking horse attributed to F. H. Ayres.
 
We will also be offering selected furniture and paintings previously at Sutton House, Clifton. Included are works by Alfred de Breanski, Sidney Richard Percy, and Alfred Pollentine, together with fine 19th century furniture. 
 

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