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Provenance: William Quilter; Christie's, London, 8-10 April, 1875, lot 396 (105 gns to Vokins).
with Vokins, London.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 21 June 1884, lot 112 (29 gns to Permain).
Stephen G. Holland; Christie's, London, 25 June 1908, lot 137 (200 gns to Vokins).
William Cooke (+); Christie's, London, 8 June 1917, lot 6 (22 gns to Sampson).
Anonymous sale [H.M. Cooke]; Christie's, London, 2 December 1927, lot 53 (10 gns to Moynehan).
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 13 March 1980, lot 94, illustrated, where purchased by the present owner.

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Exhibited: Loan Exhibition, 1871.

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Literature: A. Dubuisson, Richard Parkes Bonington: His Life and Work, London, 1924, p. 202.
P. Noon, Richard Parkes Bonington: the complete paintings, New Haven and London, 2008, p. 138, no. 79, illustrated p. 139.

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Notes: PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
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Patrick Noon, op.cit. dates the present watercolour to circa 1822-3 and suggests that it was possibly executed in connection with Ostervald's Excursions.