Compton Castle, Devon

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

Hubert Cornish was a lawyer from Devon, who also became an accomplished painter of landscapes in watercolour. Most of his work was inspired by rural and coastal scenes in Devon. Cornish travelled through England and Wales and painted landscapes in Somerset, Denbighshire (north-east Wales) and the Lake District. He may be the Hubert Cornish who died at about the age of 55 at his seat at Black Hall, in Devon, in 1832.

Places

England, Compton Castle, Devon

Subjects

topography, castle, door, window

Materials & Techniques

paper (as artists material), watercolour (as artists materials), watercolour (as object name)

Artist

Hubert Cornish (c1770 - 1832)

Title

Compton Castle, Devon

Date

Medium

Watercolour on paper

Dimensions

height: 26.40 cm, width: 36.80 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Appleby Bros, March 1970

Inscription

verso, uc: Compton Castle / Devon

GAC number

8738