CRUCIS ABBEY, VALE OF LLANGOLLEN, 1816

Important Australian + International Fine Art
Sydney
2 May 2012
53

JOHN GLOVER

(1767 - 1849)
CRUCIS ABBEY, VALE OF LLANGOLLEN, 1816

watercolour on paper

46.5 x 76.0 cm

inscribed with title and number 155 on label verso

Estimate: 
$15,000 - 20,000
Provenance

Private collection, Shropshire, United Kingdom
Private collection, Melbourne

Exhibited

Society of Painters in Water Colours, London, 1816, cat. 155, as 'Crucis Abbey Vale of Llangollen'
Possibly, Society of British Artists, London, 1826, cat. 236, as 'Valley-Crucis Abbey near Llangollen, North Wales'

The subject of this work has recently been confirmed by the Hon. Secretary of the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours, London.