Elizabeth Middleton Powell, Lydney Park, Gloucestershire – c.1857 watercolour painting

An original c.1857 watercolour painting – Elizabeth Middleton Powell, Lydney Park, Gloucestershire.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.On watermarked J Whatman wove paper.