Old King's Gate, King's College Chapel, Cambridge

Joseph Murray Ince (Presteigne 1806 – Presteigne 1859). Oil painting on canvas, Old King's Gate, King's College Chapel, Cambridge by Joseph Murray Ince (Presteigne 1806 – Presteigne 1859), circa 1832. Ince was primarily a painter of landscape in watercolours. Born in Radnorshire, he was a pupil of David Cox the elder in 1823-4 before going to went to London and exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1826. He also occasional exhibited at the British Institution and other galleries (16 works at RA, 23 at BI and 137 at Royal Society of British Artists). In 1832 he was resident in Cambridge, where he made many architectural drawings. His other landscape includes the scenery and coastal scenes in Devon and Wales with inland views of his native Radnor, Hereford and other architectural pieces of Oxford and Cambridge. In about 1835 he returned to Presteign, inheriting some property from parents. Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire (Accredited Museum)