Lot 50: Parry (Thomas Gambier, 1816-1888). Italian lake

Parry (Thomas Gambier, 1816-1888). Italian lake scene, 1846, watercolour, showing fishermen working on nets and a boat by the shore, with villas, campanile, and mountains in the background, signed and dated lower right, 19 x 29.5cm (7.5 x 11.5ins), framed and glazed. Thomas Gambier Parry was an English artist and collector, best remembered for his development of the Gambier Parry process of fresco painting. After studying the technique of the Italian fresco painters, Parry developed his own fresco method and executed grand-scale mural projects at Ely Cathedral, Gloucester Cathedral and the parish church at Highnam, Gloucestershire, where he lived. He was a notable collector of medieval and renaissance art, and his collection was bequeathed to the Courtauld Institute (1)