Lot 334: Nathan Theodore Fielding (British, 1747- circa 1819)

Nathan Theodore Fielding (British, 1747-circa 1819)
View of Rough Hay Wood and lands adjacent, Sowerby, near Halifax, Yorkshire
signed and dated 'N.T. Fielding/Del. et Pinxit/1782' (lower centre) and inscribed 'A view/of/Rough Hay Wood/and Lands adjacent/1782 (lower left)
oil on canvas
56½ x 68 5/8 in. (143.5 x 174 cm.)

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 13 July 1988, lot 67, when acquired by the present owner.

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium
This view is taken from above Stansfield Bridge, which now lies beside the village of Triangle, between Ripponden and Sowerby Bridge in the Rybur Valley. From the bridge runs Longley Lane, with Rough Hey house in the centre, on the edge of Rough Hey Wood.