Gathering the harvest from the fields of Down Hall, Essex (illustrated); and View near Down Hall, Essex

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Robert Henry Cheney (1801-1866)
Gathering the harvest from the fields of Down Hall, Essex (illustrated); and View near Down Hall, Essex
the first inscribed 'Down Hall' (on the reverse of the mount); the second inscribed 'near Down Hall Essex' (on the reverse of the mount)
watercolour heightened with touches of bodycolour and with scratching out, one unframed
12½ x 20 in. (31.8 x 51 cm.); and smaller (2)

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Lot Essay

Down Hall was bought by Matthew Prior in 1720. Among Prior's close circle of friends was the Royal landscape gardener Charles Bridgeman (d.1738) who laid out large parts of the grounds at Down Hall. Bridgeman's gardens were among the first 'Picturesque' landscapes.

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