Dinan: Street Scene

William Oliver (1805 - 1853)

British Museum

1820 - 1853

A street corner in Dinan with a tall gabled house in the foreground and a narrow lane leading down into the distance. One drawing from a collection of 58 drawings, mostly of the British School, from the Herbert Powell Collection of British Watercolours. Dr Herbert Powell formed a valuable collection of watercolours and drawings. He had earlier gifted some works from the collection to the Art Fund in 1929 to function as a Loan Collection for public institutions. These works were later permanently distributed by the Art Fund amongst various public collections in 1968.

• Medium: pencil & ink & white
• Dimensions: 35 x 24 cm
• ArtFunded in: 1939
• Presented by Herbert A Powell through The Art Fund

Provenance

Powell coll

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