William Tomkins, A.R.A. (c. 1730-1792)

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William Tomkins, A.R.A. (c. 1730-1792)

A View of Boldre Hill House, Lymington

signed with a monogram and dated 'W.T. 1769'
23½ x 38½in. (59.6 x 97.8cm.)

Provenance

Colonel M.H. Grant, according to label on the reverse

Literature

J. Harris The Artist and the Country House, 1979, p. 254

Exhibited

London, The Royal Academy, Winter Exhibition 1950-51, no. 762
London, Hayward Gallery, Arts Council Early English Landscape from Col. M.H. Grant's Collection, 1952, p. 60

Lot Essay

Boldre Hill Lodge in the New Forest, Hampshire was built by John 1st Earl De La Warr (1693-1766) between 1732 and 1747. Generally occupied by a master keeper it was the hunting lodge of the Earls De La Warr until it was demolished in 1833. A larger view of the lodge from the Park, also signed and dated 1769, was sold at Sotheby's 6 July 1983, lot 253 (5,500)

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