Sawrey Gilpin (1733-1807) - Signed Late 19th Century Watercolour Warwick Castle

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Description

A delicate watercolour study of Warwick Castle with some body colour by the artist Sawrey Gilpin. Signed to the lower right. On wove laid to backing paper.

Condition

The condition is typical for a picture of this age including some discolouration.

Size

12 x 8cm (4.7" x 3.1")

Artist Biography

Sawrey Gilpin RA (1733-1807) was an English animal painter, illustrator, and etcher who specialised in paintings of horses and dogs. Gilpin was born in Carlisle in Cumbria, the seventh child of Captain John Bernard Gilpin, a soldier and amateur artist, and Matilda Langstaffe. He was the younger brother of the Rev. William Gilpin, a clergyman and schoolmaster who wrote of several influential works on picturesque scenery. Gilpin lived at Knightsbridge in London for some years. He became one of the best painters of horses that the country had produced, and was almost as successful in other areas of animal art. He sometimes attempted historical pictures on a larger scale in which horses were prominent, but with rather less success. He was purely an animal painter, and required the assistance of others to paint landscapes and figures. He exhibited at the Royal Academy, London from 1786 until his death. He was elected an associate of the academy (ARA) in 1795, and Royal Academician (RA) in 1797.

Location

Warwick, Warwick, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom

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SKU qp766
Artist S. Gilpin (1733-1807)
Date Late 19th Century
Dimensions 12 x 8cm
Medium Watercolour
Subject Architecture & Cityscapes
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