An old grey horse tethered to a tree, a boy resting nearby

Details

Paul Sandby, R.A. (1730-1809)
An old grey horse tethered to a tree, a boy resting nearby
pencil, pen and grey ink and watercolour, on the artist's pen and wash-line border
6 7/8 x 8¼ in. (17.4 x 20.9 cm.)

Provenance

with Agnew's, London.

Exhibited

London, Agnew's, 126th Annual Exhibition of Watercolours and Drawings, 1999, no. 5, illustrated in colour.

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Lot Essay

This watercolour appears to have been inspired by a series of twelve etchings of horses by Dirk (Theodorus, Rodrigo) Stoop. See K.G. Boon (ed.), Hollstein's Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, XXVIII, Blaricum, 1984, pp. 108-113, particularly nos. 5 and 8.

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