The Path between Woodperry and Beckley near Oxford

The Path between Woodperry and Beckley near Oxford

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Dr William Crotch (1775-1847)
The Path between Woodperry and Beckley near Oxford

Signed verso: No 14 of …. Woodperry del/Wm Crotch Sep 24 1802 2/Beckley
Pen and black ink and watercolour over pencil on laid paper
27.3 by 43.1 cm., 10 ¾ by 17 in.

Provenance:
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, 14th March 1985, lot 328

The village of Beckley lies about 4.5 miles to the north-east of Oxford. Neighbouring Woodperry House, in the village of Stanton St John, was begun in 1728 for John Morse, a London goldsmith. The village of Woodperry was destroyed by fire sometime in the mid-16
th Century.