William Henry Pyne (attrib.), Travelers in a Sunlit Abbey Ruin. 1st quarter 19th century. William Henry Pyne1769 London - 1843 Paddington Watercolour painting. Unsigned. Verso in lead old artist's inscription "W.H. Pyne". In a passepartout, inside with the mounted cut-out of an old back plate, signed or inscribed "W.H.Pyne" in lead on a paper label. Framed behind glass in a gilded narrow wooden frame. On the back of the frame with the exhibition label Martyn Gregory, London, British Watercolours and Paintings, Exhibition of English Watercolours. Catagogue 32, No. 117. Verso minimally stained and with paper abrasion. Psp. minimally wavy. Dimensions: 12.5 x 19.2 cm, ra. 35 x 42 cm. William Henry Pyne 1769 London - 1843 Paddington Trained in London at the drawing academy under Henry Pars. Exhibited for the first time at the Royal Academy in 1790. As a watercolourist and draughtsman William Pyne was co-founder of the "Royal Watercolour Society" in 1804. In 1805 his book "The Costume of Great Britian" with 60 prints was published, which attracted the attention of the publisher Rudolph Ackermann. Many years of collaboration followed, Pyne worked for Ackermann as an etcher and writer. This resulted in the successful work "The Microcosm of London".