Date:16th of November 1868
Description:A watercolour landscape with a view of Lichfield Cathedral from the south-east by John Louis Petit. There are hay ricks in the left foreground and houses in the middle distance. An inscription handwritten in pencil on the reverse reads 'Lfd. Nov 16 - 1868', so this is possibly the last painting John Louis Petit produced as he died in early December 1868 from pneumonia, allegedly caught whilst sketching Lichfield Cathedral. Dimensions: 372mm x 245mm John Louis Petit (1801-1868) was a watercolour artist, architectural historian and clergyman. He was born at Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire in 1801, and was the eldest of ten children of the Reverend John Hayes Petit and Harriet Astley. After graduating from Cambridge in 1825, he was ordained in 1826 and started working as a curate, firstly in Lichfield and then in Essex until 1834. He then started to pursue his main interests of drawing and writing about church architecture. His first book, 'Remarks on Church Architecture' was published in 1841. Petit travelled widely but for lived in Lichfield for much of his life. In December 1868 Petit caught a chill while painting and shortly afterwards he died. He is buried in the family vault at St. Michael's Church, Lichfield.
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Donor ref:G2005.004.0001 (37/48788)
Source: Staffordshire Museum Service
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