English School, circa 1780

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English School, circa 1780

A Capriccio Landscape with Buildings by a River and An extensive Landscape with a Church and Buildings in the Distance

an inscription on the reverse of the second drawing reads '...Hill the church/on the Left with House and/Kitchen garden' and numbered '8'; pencil and black and white chalk on paper laid on linen
17 x 23 5/8in. (431 x 601mm.) a pair (2)

Lot Essay

This is one of a group of large landscape drawing that also includes two works formerly in the possession of Appleby Bros. (repr. advertisements in Country Life, 9 March 1961, and Apollo, October 1963). The particular medium of these drawings is found in a number of works by Wright of Derby to whom these drawings were previously attributed

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