Lot Essay
This picture is likely to have been painted c.1811-12, possibly as a plein-air sketch for the large Kensington Gravel Pits exhibited at the British Gallery (Tate Britain, London, see note to lot 64).
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Kensington gravel pits
Details
John Linnell (1792-1882)
Kensington gravel pits
oil on panel
5½ x 9 in. (14 x 22.9 cm.)
Kensington gravel pits
oil on panel
5½ x 9 in. (14 x 22.9 cm.)
Provenance
Boyce Collection (as John Constable).
Mr and Mrs Lester Francis Avnet.
with Leggatt Brothers, London.
with Thomas Agnew and Sons, Ltd., London, no. 10750.
Mr and Mrs Lester Francis Avnet.
with Leggatt Brothers, London.
with Thomas Agnew and Sons, Ltd., London, no. 10750.
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