Richard Parkes Bonington (1802-1828)

A beached fishing boat

Details

Richard Parkes Bonington (1802-1828)
A beached fishing boat
numbered in ink '33' (upper left), numbered '14' (in the centre on the reverse) and with inscription 'sent afterwards by/S.S.A.' (on the reverse)
pencil
6 x 4 in. (15.9 x 10.2 cm.)

Provenance

Sir Bruce Ingram (L.1405a).

Exhibited

Ipswich, Ipswich Memorial Exhibition, Thomas Gainsborough Memorial Exhibition, 7 October-5 November 1927, no. 106, as Richard Wilson.

Lot Essay

We are grateful to Patrick Noon for suggesting a date of circa 1820 for this drawing.
The pencil number in the centre of the reverse of the sheet is characteristic of this type of pencil sketch by Bonington.

More from British Watercolours

View All