Attrib. Leonard A. Pownall (fl.1897-1913) - Charcoal Drawing Bolton Abbey

Description

An atmospheric charcoal drawing of Bolton Abbey in the moonlight, viewed from the River Wharfe. Presented glazed in a wash line mount and a distressed gilt-effect wooden frame. Unsigned. There is a label on the verso which includes the title and name of the artist. On textured wove.

Condition

There are some slight scuffs to the frame but overall in very good condition.

Size

17 x 25.7cm (6.7" x 10.1")

Artist Biography

Leonard Augustus Pownall (fl.1897-1913) was a painter and stained glass artist. He is known to have exhibited 17 works at the Royal Academy from 1897 to 1913. From c.1911 he lived in Falmouth, where he had moved to No. 8, Park Terrace from Northwood, Middlesex. Pownall designed the stained glass windows at All Saints Parish Church, Falmouth to consecrate the new Chancel stained glass window. Few of the congregation would have been aware that this was the first window to have been completely designed and made in Cornwall. His design was ambitious and immediately accepted by the church at a cost of £530, making it one of the most expensive windows in Cornwall, equal in price to the rose windows of the Cathedral in Truro.

Location

Bolton Abbey, Skipton, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, BD23 6AL