Elizabeth Middleton Powell, Peaks of Dents du Midi from Champéry, Switzerland – 1860 watercolour painting

An original 1860 watercolour painting – Elizabeth Middleton Powell, Peaks of Dents du Midi from Champéry, Switzerland.An attractive mid-19th-century watercolour by Elizabeth Middleton Powell née Wynter (1799–1881) of Brecon, Wales. This painting forms part of a collection of watercolours by the artist that we have for sale.Wynter was an old Brecknock family, that included the prominent Tudor naval commander Admiral Sir William Wynter (c.1521–1589), who in 1561 purchased the manor of Lydney in Gloucestershire. Elizabeth married Gabriel Middleton Powell of Peterstone Court, Brecon in 1826.There is a partial graphite sketch on the verso.