A view of Covent Garden Piazza, London, looking west, with Saint Paul's, Covent Garden, the so-called 'Actor's Church'
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Samuel Scott (London c. 1702-1772 Bath)
A view of Covent Garden Piazza, London, looking west, with Saint Paul's, Covent Garden, the so-called 'Actor's Church'
oil on canvas
22½ x 37 7/8 in. (57.2 x 96.2 cm.)
A view of Covent Garden Piazza, London, looking west, with Saint Paul's, Covent Garden, the so-called 'Actor's Church'
oil on canvas
22½ x 37 7/8 in. (57.2 x 96.2 cm.)
Provenance
(Probably) The artist's studio sale, Langford's, The Great Piazza, Covent Garden, London, 13 January 1773, as part of lot 28, 'Scott. Two Sketches of Covent Garden'.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 22 November 1967, lot 1 (£160 to Marumo).
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, by whom given to the late owner in the early 1970s.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 22 November 1967, lot 1 (£160 to Marumo).
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, by whom given to the late owner in the early 1970s.
Literature
R. Kingzett, 'A Catalogue of the Works of Samuel Scott', Walpole Society, 1980-82, p. 75, no. C.
Exhibited
London, South London Art Gallery, Drawing towards Painting. Samuel Scott, c. 1702-1772, 1978, no. 4.
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