Davis (Edward Thompson, 1833-1867) Rocky landscape near Conway, watercolour, point of the brush and ink, over traces of graphite, heightened with white, inscribed and dated 'near Conway Sept. 28th 18[?]53' lower right, on wove paper, 205 x 310 mm. (8 1/8 x 12 1/4 in), laid onto paper support, minor spotting, framed and glazed.

Provenance:
The Manning Galleries Ltd., London [exhibited November 1971] (label on reverse);
Sir John Clement Witt [L.2228b];
Thence by descent

⁂ A similar watercolour by Davis of Erme Mouth, Devon, can be found in the Eton College collection (see obj. no.: FDA-D.177-2010), which was purportedly from an album sold and dispersed by Colnaghi in 1951. The style and size would suggest that the present work may also have come from this album, or at least been executed during roughly the same period.