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ANTIQUE #SA1166321

Original 19th Century Antique Watercolour Painting Hp Ditmas 1890s York Minster View From Clifton Waters End British Landscape

£40    $54    €47
Type of artwork: Original Antique Watercolour
 
Artist and Signature: Colonel Harold Percy Ditmas (1853–1937) of York
 
Colonel Harold Percy Ditmas (1853–1937) was a solicitor and auxiliary officer who commanded the Durham Artillery from 1895, later serving with distinction in the Boer War and World War I. He was granted the honorary rank of Colonel in 1901. A member of a long-established York military family, Ditmas was also a skilled watercolourist. Often signing his works “H.P.D.”, he produced a series of topographical views from the 1870s to the early 20th century, recording Clifton, York, Shoeburyness, and other places connected with his life and service. Today his paintings are valued both as decorative works and as important historical records of vanished or altered locations.
 
Subject: An atmospheric 19th century watercolour study showing York Minster viewed from Clifton, Waters End. A charming rural foreground with cottage, trees and field leads the eye towards the cathed...
Antique ID: SA1166321
Item: Original 19th Century Antique Watercolour Painting Hp Ditmas 1890s York Minster View From Clifton Waters End British Landscape - (reference SA1166321)
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Antique SA1166321 shown on this page was made in 1890. For historical context, the timeline below highlights the period when it was created:
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