Peter De Wint, English, 1784-1849
Title: A River in a Rocky Gorge (1)
Date: c.1848
Medium: Wash on paper
Dimensions:
51.3 x 36.3 cm
Credit Line: Transferred, National Museum of Ireland, 1966
Object Number: NGI.3903
DescriptionPeter de Wint set himself up as a drawing master in London in the early 1800s. He was highly regarded by his contemporaries - a critic writing in The Repository of Arts stated that: 'his works have all the indications of superior thinking, all the germs of greatness' and praised his 'correct observation of nature, fine selection of form, and truth and simplicity of colour'. This series of drawings depicting a picturesque view of a waterfall in various stages of completion was bought by the Royal Dublin Society on November 9, 1848. They are inscribed by de Wint himself as being: 'illustrative of the method it is desirable to secure in bringing a drawing of a sketch gradually and uniformly to a conclusion'.