A windmill with cattle and a drover beneath

Details

Thomas Shotter Boys, N.W.S. (1803-1874)
A windmill with cattle and a drover beneath
signed with initials and dated 'TB. 1831.' (lower right)
pencil and watercolour with touches of bodycolour and with scratching out
2½ x 4¼ in. (6.4 x 10.8 cm.)

Provenance

The Hon. Mrs Fitzroy-Newdigate; Christie's, London, 14 March 1952, part of lot 208 (to Agnew's).
with Agnew's, London, where purchased by
H.M. Langton, 2 February 1953.
Dr Brian Bird; Sotheby's, London, 10 July 1986, lot 25.

Literature

G. Bauer, Le Siècle d'Or de l'Aquarelle Anglaise, Anthèse, 1998, p. 122, pl. 162, illustrated in colour.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

Boys must have known the watercolours executed by Bonington towards the end of his life. Windmills in Northern France (P. Noon, On the Pleasure of Painting, Yale, 1991, p. 284, no. 149, illustrated in colour) is an example particularly close to the present watercolour, in both technique and composition.
The low horizon, figures almost silhouetted and the flock of birds are present in both watercolours to similar effect.

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