Lot 116: Joseph Powell, P.N.W.S. (1780-1834)

A boulder near Ambleside
inscribed 'near Ambleside' (lower left)
pencil and watercolour
5 7/8 x 7 7/8 in. (15 x 20 cm.)

with Spink-Leger, London.

Joseph Powell was the first President of the New Watercolour Society founded in 1832 as a reaction to the autocratic style of the Old Water-Colour Society.

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