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TOWN & COUNTRY

Thomas Girtin (1775-1802) ‘North View of Moreton Corbet Castle’, Shropshire signed in pen and brown ink, ‘Girtin 1800’ (lower centre), and inscribed as title (on a separate sheet) ‘North View of Moreton Corbet Castle’; and further indistinctly inscribed in pencil, verso watercolour over pencil, on laid paper 13 x 20 in. (32.9 x 52.5 cm.)

PROVENANCE: Commissioned by Sir Andrew Corbet, 1st Bt. (1766-1835) thence by descent to Sir Walter Corbet, 4th Bt. (1856-1910); thence by descent to his daughter, Lesbia Corbet, later Lady Lambe (1905-1990) LITERATURE: T Girtin and D. Loshak, The Art of Thomas Girtin, London 1954, p.184, No. 364

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David Roberts, R.A. (1796-1864) The Courtyard Falkland Palace, Fife signed ‘David Roberts’ lower left and numbered ‘16’ (top right) pencil and watercolour 14 ¾ x 9 in. (33.5 x 23 cm.)

EXHIBITED: Ruskin Gallery, Sheffield

Thomas Malton, Jun. (1748-1804) The Entrance to Spring Gardens looking towards the Phoenix Fire-Engine House, Old Cockspur Street, circa 1790 pencil, pen and grey ink and watercolour 19 x 14 ¼ in. (48.2 x 36.2 cm.)

PROVENANCE: The Royal & Sun Alliance Collection

John William Hill, Anglo-American (1770-1850) Bristol Bridge and St. Nicholas Church, signed twice ‘drawing by J W Hill’ and J W Hill’ (lower left) pencil and watercolour 9 ½ x 13 ¼ in. (23.5 x 33.5 cm.)

Joseph Farington, R.A. (1747-1821) London Bridge and the Monument from the South West oil on canvas 35 ½ x 27 in. (90 x 69 cm.)

LITERATURE: This picture is related to a drawing of the same view in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Farington also produced two drawings of a slightly expanded view of the Thames, one of which was engraved and appeared in Volume 2 of Boydell’s Hisory of the River Thames (1796, Pl.62) EXHIBITED: Royal Academy, 1791, No. 252 In its original gold leaf Royal Academician frame

John Varley, O.W.S. (1778-1842) ‘The Ford’, pencil and watercolour 12 x 9 ½ in. (30.5 x 24.2 cm.)

PROVENANCE: with Vicars Brothers, London, The Rt. Hon. C.P. Allen, P.C. Mrs. Charles Schnadhorst

William Callow, R.W.S. (1812-1908) Caesar’s Tower, Warwick Castle signed, indistinctly inscribed and dated ‘W Callow Caesars Tower/mill ** aug10.52’ pencil and watercolour 12 ¾ x 9 in. (32.4 x 22.6 cm.)

Robert Blemmell Schnebbelie (1792-1849) Ramsgate Harbour, Kent inscribed ‘Ramsgate Harbour engraved in the Stationers’ Almanac’ verso pen and grey ink and watercolour over pencil heightened with touches of bodycolour 7 ¼ x 15 ¾ in. (18.5 x 40 cm.)

PROVENANCE: Sir Bruce Ingram, his Executor’s sales, Sotheby’s, London, (Part 11), 9th December 1964, lot 359.

David Cox (1783-1859) Haddon Hall, Derbyshire signed with initials and dated twice ‘D.C. 1845’, lower left and centre watercolour over pencil heightened with bodycolour 10 x 17 ¾ in. (25 x 45 cm.)

EXHIBITED: Spink-Leger, London, ‘Air and Distance, Storm and Sunshine: Paintings, watercolours and drawings by David Cox’, 3-26 March, 1999, No. 33

John Varley O.W.S. (1778-1842) Snowdonia watercolour 4 ¾ x 6 ¾ in. (12 x 17 cm.)

PROVENANCE: with The Ruskin Gallery, London

Albert Goodwin, R.W.S. (1845-1932) ‘Whitby Churchyard’ signed with monogram and inscribed, as title pencil and watercolour, heightened with touches of bodycolour 10 ¼ x 14 ½ in. (26 x 36.5 cm.)

Francis Towne (1739-1816) Warwick Castle signed, inscribed, numbered and dated in brown ink ‘No. 5/Warwick Castle/August 27th 1813/Francis Towne delt/from ½ past 3 to 6 o’Clock’, verso pencil, pen, and grey ink and watercolour, on two joined sheets 7 x 21 in. (17.8 x 52.4 cm.)

Edward Dayes (1763-1804) Figures strolling beside the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, with a view of London beyond signed and inscribed, verso watercolour, oval 12 x 15 in. (30.5 x 38 cm.)

EXHIBITED: The Fine Art Society, Ltd., London, No. 74, as ‘London from Greenwich Park’

Mary Smirke (1779-1853) ‘Herne Bay’, Kent both signed on the supporting sheet under the mount, with initials, dated and inscribed ‘M.S. 1841/Herne Bay’ with additional inscriptions attached to the reverse of both pictures from the original mounts pencil, pen, ink and watercolour 4 ¾ x 7 in. (12 x 17.5 cm.) a pair (2)