Lot 1187: George Pyne (London 1800-1884)

George Pyne (London 1800-1884)
Tom Tower, Christ Church, Oxford
pencil, pen and grey ink and watercolour
6 x 6 5/8 in. (15.2 x 16.8 cm.)

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 17 May 1966, lot 186.

THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

George Pyne, elder son of W.H. Pyne and son-in-law of John Varley, was a landscape, architectural and genre painter, working mostly in watercolour. His speciality was drawing Oxford colleges and, to a lesser extent, Cambridge, Eton and Harrow. He is particularly renowned for his handling of the texture of old stone buildings.

For another watercolour by Pyne of Christ Church, Oxford, see lot 1188.