A distant view of Edinburgh from the north-east showing the Castle, St Giles Cathedral on the Royal Mile and Salisbury Crags

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John Laporte (1761-1839)
A distant view of Edinburgh from the north-east showing the Castle, St Giles Cathedral on the Royal Mile and Salisbury Crags
inscribed 'View of Edin.' (on the mount, over-mounted)
watercolour and bodycolour on buff paper, within the artist's black-line border
6½ x 9 in. (16.5 x 22.8 cm.)

Provenance

Anon. sale, Sotheby's, London, 13 July 1989, lot 3.

Literature

G. Bauer, Le Siècle d'Or de l'Aquarelle Anglaise, Anthèse, France, 1998, p. 64, pl. 71, illustrated in colour.

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Lot Essay

The work of John Laporte shows the influence of earlier masters on watercolour painters at the end of the 18th Century. Laporte took Dr Monro as a pupil and was active in his academy. Paul Sandby's influence is clearly seen in Laporte's bodycolour work, and a less obvious source of inspiration was Thomas Gainsborough: Laporte published A Collection of Prints Illustrative of English Scenery from the Drawings and Sketches of Thomas Gainsborough, London, 1802, with W.F. Wells.

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