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Italian hill village and castle

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Kilchurn Castle on Loch Awe

Kilchurn Castle on Loch Awe

Reference 1188 1185
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ARTISTS Matthew Xavier Carr
(attributed to)
Indistinctly signed
John Varley OWS
Height 29 cm (11.4") 25.5 cm (10")
Width 39 cm (15.4") 35.5 cm (14")
Framed height 34 cm (13.4") 40 cm (15.7")
Framed width 44 cm (17.3") 52 cm (20.5")
Year c.1980 1825
Medium Watercolour Watercolour, with gum, scraping out and bodycolour over graphite
Provenance Probably with St John Street Gallery, Salisbury Probably The Rt. Hon. Charles Townsend (1785-1953), with The Fine Art Society, London.
EXHIBITIONS Probably no.171, Society of Painters in Water-Colours, 1826 (purchased for 6 gens. by Lord C. Townsend).
Condition There is some fading and restoration in the sky, where spotting has been repaired, but otherwise the colours are strong.