MARY MITFORD (BRITISH C.1770-1850), DUMBARTON CASTLE APPROACHING FROM GLASGOW
MARY MITFORD (BRITISH C.1770-1850)DUMBARTON CASTLE APPROACHING FROM GLASGOWWatercolour over traces of pencilSigned and titled (according to label verso)27 x 44.5cm (10½ x 17½in.)Provenance:Richard Ivor, LondonAcquired from the above, October 1989Little is known about Mary Mitford's training, although both of her brothers, Colonel William Mitford (1744-1827) and John Mitford, later 1st Baron Redesdale (1748-1830), were pupils of the artist and cleric Rev. William Gilpin (1724-1804), renowned as one of the key originators of the picturesque.
MARY MITFORD (BRITISH C.1770-1850)DUMBARTON CASTLE APPROACHING FROM GLASGOWWatercolour over traces of pencilSigned and titled (according to label verso)27 x 44.5cm (10½ x 17½in.)Provenance:Richard Ivor, LondonAcquired from the above, October 1989Little is known about Mary Mitford's training, although both of her brothers, Colonel William Mitford (1744-1827) and John Mitford, later 1st Baron Redesdale (1748-1830), were pupils of the artist and cleric Rev. William Gilpin (1724-1804), renowned as one of the key originators of the picturesque.
