A DERBY PLATE

A DERBY PLATE, C1797-1800 painted probably by John Brewer with a landscape, the yellow border painted in sepia monochrome and darker yellow with birds and insects, 24cm diam, painted mark and title View near Caernarvon in blue scriptProvenance: Collection of Miss Margaret Ward of Derby, her executors' sale in these 'rooms, 22 April 2004, lot 188, to the late father of the present vendor.The source print "View near Caernarfon" was engraved by Samuel Middiman after G Barrett for Middiman's Select Views in Great Britain, published May 25, 1786.