Chasse-marée (fishing luggers) making sail, off Calais

Details

François Louis Thomas Francia (1772-1839)
Chasse-marée (fishing luggers) making sail, off Calais
pencil, pen and brownish red ink and watercolour, with scratching out
3¾ x 5¾ in. (9.5 x 14.6 cm.)

Provenance

Miss B.A. Thorpe.
with Anthony Reed, London.

Literature

S. Smith and A. Reed, Louis Francia, London, 1985, no. 44.
G. Bauer, Le Siècle d'Or de l'Aquarelle Anglaise, Anthèse, 1998, p. 65, pl. 72, illustrated in colour.
W. Hauptman, L'Âge d'Or de l'Aquarelle Anglaise 1770-1900, Lausanne, 1999, p. 75, pl. 31, illustrated in colour.

Exhibited

London, Anthony Reed, Louis Francia and his son Alexandre, October 1985, no. 44, illustrated.
Lausanne, Fondation de l'Hermitage, L'Âge d'Or de l'Aquarelle Anglaise 1770-1900, 22 January - 24 May 1999, no. 31.

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Lot Essay

Bonington's early work is almost indistinguishable from Francia's work in this manner. A watercolour by Bonington (Shipping off Calais Pier, 1818) in a private collection is comparable in both composition and technique (P. Noon, On the Pleasure of Painting, New Haven, 1991, p. 16, fig. 2).

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