JOHN PRESTON NEALE (1780-1847)

Bullock’s Museum or The Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly; and A preliminary drawing of Chiswick House, Middlesex for Neale’s Views of Seats (1829).

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JOHN PRESTON NEALE (1780-1847)
Bullock’s Museum or The Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly; and A preliminary drawing of Chiswick House, Middlesex for Neale’s Views of Seats (1829).
the first, pencil pen and ink and watercolour; the second, pencil
9.1/2 x 6 in. (24 x 15.2 cm.); and 7 x 10.1/2 (17.8 x 26.7 cm.)
(2)

Provenance

the second with Henry Potts, 2001.

Literature

the first: P. Conner, The Inspiration of Egypt, Brighton Museum, 1983, p. 67 (item 41).
the second: J. P. Neale, Neale’s Views of Seats, 2nd Edition, vol. V., 1829.

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Lot Essay

The Egyptian hall opened in 1812 as the London Museum in which William Bullock, formerly a Liverpool silversmith, exhibited his collection of curiosities and natural history. The extraordinary façade was designed by Peter Frederick Robinson (1776-1858).

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