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Wynn Stay in Denbighshire, the seat of Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, Bart c. 1770-80
Pen and watercolour | 13.0 x 12.8 cm (sight) | RCIN 451580
Paul Sandby (1731-1809)
Wynn Stay in Denbighshire, the seat of Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, Bart c. 1770-80
Paul Sandby (1731-1809)
Wynn Stay in Denbighshire, the seat of Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, Bart c. 1770-80



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A pen and watercolour drawing of a view across parkland to a house on the far right. Several horses in the foreground, and a lake in the centre.
Sandby made a number of visits to the estate of Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn at Wynnstay, the first of which was in 1770, during which he made many sketches and views of north Wales, and gave drawing lessons to Williams-Wynn's children. A drawing of Paul Sandby sketching by William Parry, another artist patronised by Williams-Wynn, is also in the Royal Collection and must have been made around the same time (913550). Other drawings of people and life on the Wynnstay estate are 914518, 914522, 914444 and a view of the house is 451580. A set of twelve aquatints of views of North Wales were published 'under the patronage of the Hon. Sir W.W. Wynn Bart' in 1776. A set of watercolours for these prints were at Sotheby's in 2019. Five views of north Wales were also included in Sandby's set of 150 Select Views; this view is no. 7of that set. This drawing of the house was also engraved by M. A. Rooker and published 1 January 1775 for the Copperplate Magazine. The drawing has possibly been trimmed, as the print shows much more to the right.Provenance
According to A. P. Oppé, purchased at Sotheby's in 1918 as a view of Kensington Palace
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Medium and techniques
Pen and watercolour
Measurements
13.0 x 12.8 cm (sight)
36.0 x 33.5 cm (frame, external)
Other number(s)
RL 14689