The Property of the Marquess of Anglesey from the Private Apartment at Plas Newydd
Nicholas Pocock
Bristol 1740–1821 Cookham
Men-o-war in choppy seas
signed and dated lower right: N. Pocock / 1814
oil on canvas
unframed: 37.5 x 51 cm.; 14¾ x 20⅛ in.
framed: 56 x 70 cm.; 22 x 27½ in.
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Provenance
Possibly purchased by Henry William Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey (1768-1854).
Literature
Thomas Agnew & Son, London, Valuation for Insurance of The Pictures and Drawings, The Property of the Most Honourable The Marquess of Anglesey, At Uxbridge House, St James Square, Plas Newydd, and 8 Lees Mews, 2 February 1910, possibly at 8 Lees Mews and one of nos 16, 17, 18, 19 (Bangor University Archives and Special Collections, PN/IX/3198);
Lofts & Warner, London, An Inventory and Valuation […] At Plas Newydd, Anglesey, 1948, p. 136 (possibly in the saloon as Sea pieces hung in pairs either side of the windows) (private family archive);
C. Hussey, ‘Plas Neywdd, Anglesey, The Seat of The Seat of the Marquess of Anglesey - I', Country Life, 1 December 1955, p. 1254 (reproduced hung salon style in the drawing room).
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