James Stark (1794-1859)

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James Stark (1794-1859)

Black Pots near Eton

signed, lower right 'J. Stark' and with inscription, on an old label attached to the stretcher '.../of a fisherman's shed'/was painted by my/father James Stark/Arthur J. Stark'

25¼ x 32½in. (64 x 82.8cm.)

Provenance

Mr. Bachelor, Registrar of Eton College and of St. George's Chapel.
Anon. sale, Christie's, 14 August 1942, lot 172 as Making Black Pots, near Eton (13gns. to Ruglas).

Exhibited

According to an old label on the stretcher,
Manchester 1846, probably as Interior of Fishing Cottage
British Institution 1847, probably as Making Eel Bucks
Birmingham 1847, probably as Eel Bucks.

Lot Essay

The 1942 sale description of the picture was confused as Black Pots is actually a location on the River Thames. In 1842 Stark exhibited another work titled 'Windsor Castle from the Fishery at Black Pots' at the British Institution.

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