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H.W.Wiliiams Attrib.W/colour Doune Castle Dunblane
We are delighted to offer for sale this large, beautifully executed watercolour, which we are attributing to the artist Hugh William 'Grecian' Williams, as it is initialled H.W.W. to the lower left hand corner. The watercolour has been executed over pencil as was his wont and it was probably part of the artist's castle series. He painted Castles and Cathedrals, mostly in Scotland, but also in other parts of the country, but acquired his nickname 'Grecian' for a series of works in Greece.
Doune Castle is a medieval stronghold near the village of Doune, in the Stirling district of central Scotland. The castle is sited on a wooded bend where the Ardoch Burn flows into the River Teith. It lies 8 miles (13 km) north-west of Stirling, where the Teith flows into the River Forth. Upstream, 8 miles (13 km) further north-west, the town of Callender lies at the edge of the Trossachs, on the fringe of the Scottish Highlands. The castle deteriorated over the years and by 1800 was a roofless ruin. In the 1880 the Earl of Moray started repairs to the floors and roofs and the castle in now a Scheduled Anceient Monument, maintained by Historic Environment Scotland.
Hugh William Williams FRSE (1773–1829), known as "Grecian Williams", was a Scottish landscape-painter.
Williams was born on board the ship of his father, Captain Williams, whilst en route to the West Indies. His mother, "Miss Lewis", died in 1782, and his father, being unable to care for the nine-year-old Hugh, left him in the care of Louis Ruffini, a textile manufacturer in Dalkeith. Ruffini encouraged Hugh to become a painter. For some years he concentrated on Highland landscapes.
An extended tour in Italy and Greece, from which he returned in 1818, gave his work its particular character, and earned him the nickname "Grecian Williams". In 1822 Williams held an exhibition of watercolours, based on his tour. It was a critical success, its ruins and famous scenes of Greek history chiming with the taste of the time.
Williams was an original member of the Associated Artists in Watercolour (1808), with Andrew Wilson, which was short-lived and an associate of the Royal Institution, Edinburgh. Towards the end of his life he took an interest in the proposed amalgamation of the Scottish Academy and the artist associates of the Institution, an arrangement which was completed a month after his death.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1823 his proposer being Sir David Brewster.
He died at home, 65 Castle Street in Edinburgh First New Town on 23 June 1829. He is buried in Canongate Kirkyard in the lair of his in-laws, the Millars of Earnock. His wife Robina Millar died in 1874. The grave lies in the eastern extension, adjacent to the link to the main churchyard.
Williams was active since the early 1790's with the earliest recorded work dated 1792. In 1802 an engraving after a painting by him of Hermitage Castle, Roxburghshire, as the frontispiece for Sir Walter Scott's "Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border" was published by Kelso. In 1811–12 Williams published six large engravings of scenes in the north, while many of his early topographical drawings appeared in the Scots Magazine. An account of his travels in southern Europe, in two volumes, appeared in 1820. Written in the form of letters, and dedicated to John Thomson of Duddingston, the intention of the work was descriptive of scenery, and peoples as they appeared to him. The illustrations were engraved by William Home Lizars from drawings by the author.
Between 1827 and 1829 Williams published Select Views in Greece in numbers, each containing six plates. While he painted some oil pictures, he mostly used watercolour, in broad washes of transparent colour over a careful pencil design. His work was acquired by the National Gallery of Scotland and South Kensington museum. More works can be found in the following public collections: Amsterdam Rijksmuseum, Athens Benaki Museum, Birkenhead Williamson Art Gallery, Birmingham Museum, Cambridge Fitwilliam Museum, Cardiff National Museum of Wales, Dublin National Museum, National Galleries of Scotland, The British Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum, and many other galleries. Research by The Fine Art Society shows most of his works from Greece are held in that country.
Shortly after his return from the Near East in 1827 Williams married Miss Robina Miller of Earnock, a wealthy lady. They moved in Edinburgh society, where he was popular. They had no children and in 1828 Williams becomes unwell in the summer of 1828 and dies the following year after a painful illness. He was buried in the Miller plot in the Cannongate churchyard, Edinburgh on 22 June. Robina and the other trustees, Aeneas MacBean WS, and the miniaturist painter William John Thomson RSA arranged a studio sale in 1831.
The painting has, due to its size, newly framed and glazed without a mount, in a 2 1/2" gilt frame that tones well with the painting. It will be supplied wired and ready to hang.
Image size: 23 1/2" x 15 1/2" - 59.7cm x 39.35cm
Frame size: 28 3/4" x 20 3/4" - 73cm x 52.75cm
Medium: Card
Condition: Very good. There is no foxing and the colours are strong. The frame is new.
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Doune Castle is a medieval stronghold near the village of Doune, in the Stirling district of central Scotland. The castle is sited on a wooded bend where the Ardoch Burn flows into the River Teith. It lies 8 miles (13 km) north-west of Stirling, where the Teith flows into the River Forth. Upstream, 8 miles (13 km) further north-west, the town of Callender lies at the edge of the Trossachs, on the fringe of the Scottish Highlands. The castle deteriorated over the years and by 1800 was a roofless ruin. In the 1880 the Earl of Moray started repairs to the floors and roofs and the castle in now a Scheduled Anceient Monument, maintained by Historic Environment Scotland.
Hugh William Williams FRSE (1773–1829), known as "Grecian Williams", was a Scottish landscape-painter.
Williams was born on board the ship of his father, Captain Williams, whilst en route to the West Indies. His mother, "Miss Lewis", died in 1782, and his father, being unable to care for the nine-year-old Hugh, left him in the care of Louis Ruffini, a textile manufacturer in Dalkeith. Ruffini encouraged Hugh to become a painter. For some years he concentrated on Highland landscapes.
An extended tour in Italy and Greece, from which he returned in 1818, gave his work its particular character, and earned him the nickname "Grecian Williams". In 1822 Williams held an exhibition of watercolours, based on his tour. It was a critical success, its ruins and famous scenes of Greek history chiming with the taste of the time.
Williams was an original member of the Associated Artists in Watercolour (1808), with Andrew Wilson, which was short-lived and an associate of the Royal Institution, Edinburgh. Towards the end of his life he took an interest in the proposed amalgamation of the Scottish Academy and the artist associates of the Institution, an arrangement which was completed a month after his death.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1823 his proposer being Sir David Brewster.
He died at home, 65 Castle Street in Edinburgh First New Town on 23 June 1829. He is buried in Canongate Kirkyard in the lair of his in-laws, the Millars of Earnock. His wife Robina Millar died in 1874. The grave lies in the eastern extension, adjacent to the link to the main churchyard.
Williams was active since the early 1790's with the earliest recorded work dated 1792. In 1802 an engraving after a painting by him of Hermitage Castle, Roxburghshire, as the frontispiece for Sir Walter Scott's "Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border" was published by Kelso. In 1811–12 Williams published six large engravings of scenes in the north, while many of his early topographical drawings appeared in the Scots Magazine. An account of his travels in southern Europe, in two volumes, appeared in 1820. Written in the form of letters, and dedicated to John Thomson of Duddingston, the intention of the work was descriptive of scenery, and peoples as they appeared to him. The illustrations were engraved by William Home Lizars from drawings by the author.
Between 1827 and 1829 Williams published Select Views in Greece in numbers, each containing six plates. While he painted some oil pictures, he mostly used watercolour, in broad washes of transparent colour over a careful pencil design. His work was acquired by the National Gallery of Scotland and South Kensington museum. More works can be found in the following public collections: Amsterdam Rijksmuseum, Athens Benaki Museum, Birkenhead Williamson Art Gallery, Birmingham Museum, Cambridge Fitwilliam Museum, Cardiff National Museum of Wales, Dublin National Museum, National Galleries of Scotland, The British Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum, and many other galleries. Research by The Fine Art Society shows most of his works from Greece are held in that country.
Shortly after his return from the Near East in 1827 Williams married Miss Robina Miller of Earnock, a wealthy lady. They moved in Edinburgh society, where he was popular. They had no children and in 1828 Williams becomes unwell in the summer of 1828 and dies the following year after a painful illness. He was buried in the Miller plot in the Cannongate churchyard, Edinburgh on 22 June. Robina and the other trustees, Aeneas MacBean WS, and the miniaturist painter William John Thomson RSA arranged a studio sale in 1831.
The painting has, due to its size, newly framed and glazed without a mount, in a 2 1/2" gilt frame that tones well with the painting. It will be supplied wired and ready to hang.
Image size: 23 1/2" x 15 1/2" - 59.7cm x 39.35cm
Frame size: 28 3/4" x 20 3/4" - 73cm x 52.75cm
Medium: Card
Condition: Very good. There is no foxing and the colours are strong. The frame is new.
Price The price has been listed in British Pounds.
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Category Antique Pictures / Engravings / Art
> Antique Watercolours
Date 1790-1816
Early 19th Century Antiques Material Card
Origin Scottish
Artist Williams
Item code as237a1804
Status Sold
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England, UK
Tel : 01622 812556
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