Oystermouth Castle near Swansea.

Drawing, pen and black ink, watercolour and bodycolour over pencil, 18,7 x 27 cm, wove paper, unsigned, titled at lower right corner.

Under passe-partout, gilt wooden frame.

Romantic landscape in the manner of William Payne (1760-1830), who was specialised in watercolours depicting the English countryside. Among the innovations for which he is credited were splitting the brush to give forms of foliage, dragging the tints to give texture to his foregrounds, and taking out the forms of lights by wetting the surface and rubbing with bread and rag.