Lot Essay
Tomkins worked as an engraver as a topographical and antiquarian draughtsman, and exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1773 to 1779. In 1805 he produced a set of illustrations to Petrarch's sonnets.
Elegant figures with dogs in a park, a house and aviary beyond
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Charles Tomkins (1757-1823)
Elegant figures with dogs in a park, a house and aviary beyond
signed and dated 'CTomkins. 1800' (lower left)
pencil, pen and ink and watercolour, in the artist's original watercolour mount
6 x 11.5/8 in. (15.2 x 29.4 cm.)
Elegant figures with dogs in a park, a house and aviary beyond
signed and dated 'CTomkins. 1800' (lower left)
pencil, pen and ink and watercolour, in the artist's original watercolour mount
6 x 11.5/8 in. (15.2 x 29.4 cm.)