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
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