British Art on Paper
Catalog Information: 179 lots with images
Lot 1: Richard Cosway, R.A. (1742-1821)
Diana the huntress; and A figure entering a templeone signed 'R. Cosway' (lower right)pencil and watercolour, heightened with white8 1/4 x 5 1/2 in. (21 x 14 cm.)In 19 t h century Italian gilt carved framesa pair (2)
Lot 2: Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827)
Bookseller and Authorinscribed 'Murray' (on the artist's mount)pen and black ink and watercolour9 x 12 in. (22.9 x 30.5 cm.)
Lot 3: Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827)
Amantium Iraeinscribed 'Amantium Irae' (lower centre)pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour8 3/4 x 6 1/2 in. (22.2 x 16.5 cm.)
Lot 4: John Raphael Smith (1752-1812)
Portrait of John Horne Tooke (1736-1812), small full-length, in a black sleeping hat and blue suit, reclining on a bedinscribed '[Arrangements] for/the third Vol of/Diversions of Purley' (lower left, on a scroll)pastel25 1/8 x 17 3/4 in. (64 x 45 cm. [...more]
Lot 5: Sir James Thornhill (1675-1734)
Proposed design for the saloon ceiling at Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire: The Apotheosis of Herculespen and brown ink and brown wash, heightened with white, on blue paper, within a trompe l'oeil border, oval17 3/4 x 11 1/4 in. (45 x 28.5 cm.)
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