Old Masters, British & European Paintings - 07 Mar 2018
Joseph Farington R.A. (1747-1821) View of Tewkesbury Signed Oil on canvas 84 x 93cm; 33 x 36½in...
Joseph Farington R.A. (1747-1821)
View of Tewkesbury
Signed
Oil on canvas
84 x 93cm; 33 x 36½in
Provanance:
Lady Louis Mountbatten, Broadlands
Mrs E.S. Borthwick-Norton, by whose executors offered for sale, Christie's 18th November 1988 lot 73
Bequeathed by her executors to the Royal Scottish Academy
Sotheby's London, Important British Paintings, 5th June 2005 lot 49
Private Collection
This view of Tewkesbury shows the Abbey in the background with its large Norman tower. Tewkesbury developed at the confluence of the Rivers Severn and Avon and the bridge beyond the weir could be King John's Bridge which led to the Manor House when the King was Lord of the Manor of Tewkesbury.