GEORGE WOOD (FL.C.1735). THE PROSPECT OF DUNSTER CASTLE FROM...

Hammer

£1,900

GEORGE WOOD (FL.C.1735). THE PROSPECT OF DUNSTER CASTLE FROM CUNAGREE [CONEYGAR] EXACTLY DELINEATED; THE PROSPECT OF MINEHEAD KEY [sic] FROM THE WARREN. A near pair, both signed `Delineated by G. Wood` or `.. by Geo. Wood` and dated 1735, each inscribed with 14 points of interest referenced by a key, watercolour heightened with gum arabic
Each image 18 x 36cm approx; sight 22 x 37.5cm. (2)

* The artist has not been identified with certainty but was possibly the George Wood of the parish of Bath St James, a Dunster bookseller who died intestate c.1739. *CR The former a little worn and with evident creases; each with some fading/discolouration (notably in the sky); the latter subject with tape stains in sky.