Old Masters, British & European Paintings - 9th September 2026

Lot 83

Alfred William Hunt, RWS (1830-1896)

Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £762

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Description

Alfred William Hunt, RWS (1830-1896)
Twixt Land and Sea, North Wales
Signed and dated A W HUNT. 1866 (lower right)
Watercolour
47 x 68.5cm; 18½ x 27in

Provenance:
Norman C. Cookson, 1897
Chris Beetles Ltd, London (label on backboard)
Christie's, London, The Fuller Collection of Victorian Landscape Watercolours, 7 April 2000, lot 23 (unsold)
Private Collection

Exhibited:
London, Old Water-Colour Society, Summer 1872, no.216
Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery, Memorial Exhibition of Pictures by Alfred W. Hunt, 1897, no.114
London, Burlington Fine Arts Club, Exhibition of Drawings in Watercolour by Alfred William Hunt, 1897, no.88

A view from Llandecwyn towards Harlech Castle, with the village of Talsarnau on the right. The mouth of the Glaslyn estuary is on the right and gives the picture its title.