Peter DeWint 1784-1849 : 'for the common observer of life and nature'
2007, First Edition. Aldershot : Lund Humphries. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dulled and slight creasing. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean. Item #448422
ISBN: 095392386X
Physical description; 280 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm. Notes; Venue: Exhibition held: 1 June - 28 Aug. 2007. Contents; Peter DeWint's life and career : 'mine is a beautiful profession' / John Lord -- Peter DeWint and the Lincolnshire landscape : 'the long, extensive distances' / Ian Waites -- Enclosure, drainage and DeWint in Lincolnshire : 'nowt at all but bracken and fuzz' / John Ellis -- The urban man : 'cities and towns ... require the pencil; they defy the pen' / John Lord -- Peter DeWitt and the Victorians : 'the mostly truly English of our painters' / Jim Cheshire -- Peter DeWint and Thomas Creswick's paper : 'signed all over' / Peter Bower -- Appendix: a short memoir of the life of Peter DeWint and William Hilton RA / Harriet DeWint. Subjects; DeWint, Peter (1784-1849). Landscape painting, English 19th century. Watercolor painting, English 19th century. Lincolnshire landscape art.
Price: €14.95