The Choir of Salisbury Cathedral

Frederick Nash (1782 - 1856)

Watercolour on paper

  • About the work
    Location
    Country: UK
    City: London
    Place: Government Art Collection
  • About the artist
    Frederick Nash was born in Lambeth; the son of a builder. He studied architectural drawing under Thomas Malton jnr, before entering the Royal Academy Schools. Nash was employed by architects and drew plates for John Britton’s ‘Architectural Antiquities’ (1807) and Britton and E. W. Brayley’s ‘The Beauties of England and Wales’ (1801-09). From 1807 he worked as architectural draughtsman and lithographer to the Society of Antiquaries. In 1810, he became a member of Society of Painters in Watercolours. He also painted in oils. Nash made sketching trips to Calais, Caen, the Lake District, the Moselle and the Rhine. In 1834 he moved to Brighton. He turned to landscape painting, particularly views of Sussex, before his death in Brighton, aged 73.
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  • Details
    Title
    The Choir of Salisbury Cathedral
    Date
    Medium
    Watercolour on paper
    Dimensions
    height: 48.40 cm, width: 40.80 cm
    Acquisition
    Purchased from Christie's, 30 January 1953
    Inscription
    none
    Provenance
    Commissioned by Dr John Fisher (1748-1825), Bishop of Salisbury and Exeter; by descent to Mrs. W. Berger (great granddaughter of Fisher); by whom sold through Christie’s, London, on 30 January 1953 (Lot 35; with 2061), as ‘The Choir of Salisbury Cathedral from the Lady Chapel’, for £10.10.0; from which sale purchased by Agnew’s Gallery, London, on behalf of the Ministry of Works
    GAC number
    2060