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Lot Essay
For the lithograph see J. Roundell, op. cit., pp. 116-7, pl. 42.
This watercolour was re-attributed to Boys by Christie's at the time of the Newall sale. It was previously attributed to Samuel Prout who executed a drawing of this scene from almost exactly the same position (Victoria and Albert Museum, no. 1040, 1873). The present drawing dates from circa 1834-5 and is the source for the lithograph which only differs from it in that two figures are added in the square as well as crows in the sky. Another watercolour dated 1836 (Private Collection, England, exhibited Nottingham University Art Gallery, Thomas Shotter Boys, October 1974, no. 37) shows that Boys reworked the subject again, as was his custom at the time.
This watercolour was re-attributed to Boys by Christie's at the time of the Newall sale. It was previously attributed to Samuel Prout who executed a drawing of this scene from almost exactly the same position (Victoria and Albert Museum, no. 1040, 1873). The present drawing dates from circa 1834-5 and is the source for the lithograph which only differs from it in that two figures are added in the square as well as crows in the sky. Another watercolour dated 1836 (Private Collection, England, exhibited Nottingham University Art Gallery, Thomas Shotter Boys, October 1974, no. 37) shows that Boys reworked the subject again, as was his custom at the time.