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JAMES ORROCK (BRITISH 1829-1913)ABERDOVEY CASTLE, NORTH WALESPencil and watercolourSigned and inscribed Aberdovey Sand. (lower centre) and further inscribed with colour notes13 x 26cm (5 x 10 in.)Provenance: William Lever, 1st Viscount LeverhulmeAcquired from the artist, at Hulme Hal Art Gallery (HH75)And subsequently at Thornton Manor (WHL2113)Sale Sotheby's London, The Leverhulme Collection, 26-28 June 2001, lot 420 where acquired by the present ownerJames Orrock was an artist, collector and dealer and his great ambition was for British artists to be properly represented in the National Gallery. The present watercolour was previously in the collection of Lord Leverhulme, whose first purchase from Orrock in 1896 was of four paintings by William Etty and one by Sir Thomas Lawrence. Leverhulme came to rely heavily on Orrock's advice and subsequently bought his entire collection over the course of three years including sixty oils and over a thousand watercolours by Orrock himself.