Lot 483: JOSEPH LANGSDALE PICKERING (BRITISH, 1845-1912)

JOSEPH LANGSDALE PICKERING (BRITISH, 1845-1912)
The Reef, Holy Island
signed 'J. L Pickering.' (lower right) and with indistinct inscription '"The Reef/Holy Island J.L.Pickering/...Arnside (?) Terrace/Regent's Park/Sold' (on an old label to the reverse)
oil on canvas
31½ x 50½ in. (80 x 128.3 cm.)

London, Institute of Painters in Oil Colours.

Antique Furnishings of Cokenach Mansion, Messrs Nash Son & Rowley, Royston, Herts., 18-19 September 1947, lot 141 (as one of a pair).

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Lindisfarne was the name given to the island off the North East Coast of England by its first Anglo Saxon inhabitants. After the Norman Conquest, the Monks of Durham named it The Holy Island of Lindisfarne in line with its historical association with St. Aidan who established the first monastry there in 635AD and St. Cuthbert, whose undecayed body was in the hands of the Durham Monks when they established the island's second Benedictine monastry there in the 11th century. The present picture depicts the well known landmark of Lindisfarne Castle built in 1550, atop the volcanic mound known as Beblowe Craig, with a view of Lindisfarne Priory beyond.

Cokenach Mansion was a Queen Anne house destroyed by fire during the Second World War. It was replaced by a neo-Georgian house but a William and Mary dower house, stables and a 'rustick' cottage, dated 1804, remain.