PETER DE WINT O.W.S. (BRITISH 1784-1849)

PETER DE WINT O.W.S. (BRITISH 1784-1849)
View of Lowther Castle
pencil and sepia wash on paper
32.5 x 46.6 cm

PROVENANCE
The last: John Vokins;
by descent to Mrs K.L.A. Dixon, his great grand-daughter

A loyal patron of de Wint, William, 2nd Viscount Lowther and Earl of Lonsdale, built Lowther Castle on inheriting the estate in 1802. De Wint executed views of the estate between 1834 and 1843 as a record of the picturesque developments that Lonsdale made to the landscape. The sale of de Wint's studio contents at Christie's in May 1850 included sixteen views of Lowther, of varying sizes, of both the castle and the surrounding parkland.

Watercolours by de Wint of Lowther in public institutions include a Distant View of Lowther Castle in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.