A View in Radnorshire
William West (1801 - 1861)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1821 - 1861
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
534 x 762 mm (21 x 30 in)
Place of origin
Wales
Order this imageCollection
Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 22844
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, A View in Radnorshire by William West (Bristol 1801 – Chelsea 1861). A view near a large mansion with outbuilding on left, with a tree stump in foreground and various rocks and bushes. A raincloud is approaching from left.
Provenance
Bequeathed to William Gibbs by his brother George Henry Gibbs (1785 - 1842); purchased by the National Trust from the estate of the late George Richard Lawley Gibbs, 2nd Baron Wraxall (1928 – 2001) with the assistance of the NHMF, Art Fund and donations from members and supporters in 2002
Credit line
Tyntesfield, The Gibbs Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Recto: Gilt label at centre of bottom edge of frame reads: ' WEST '.
Makers and roles
William West (1801 - 1861), publisher Frederick Waters Watts (Bath 1800 - Hampstead 1870) , publisher