Lot 83
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Michael Angelo Rooker, A.R.A. (1743-1801)
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Michael Angelo Rooker, A.R.A. (1743-1801)

Buildwas Abbey, Shropshire

Details
Michael Angelo Rooker, A.R.A. (1743-1801)
Buildwas Abbey, Shropshire
signed 'M. Rooker' (lower left) and with inscription 'Build was Abbey/by Rooker' (on the reverse)
pencil and watercolour
9 x 11 1/8 in. (22.8 x 28.2 cm.)
Provenance
with The Manning Galleries, London, 1973, where purchased by John Byng Kenrick £2,100.
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

Lot Essay

Buildwas Abbey was a subject Rooker painted in both oil and watercolour. Another version is in the collection of the Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester (see P. Connor, Michael Angelo Rooker (1746-1801), London, 1984, p. 53). The present watercolour differs in the disposition of the group of gypsies around the campfire and in the goats in the foreground. Foreground details such as this are typical of Rooker and make the ruined architecture of such buildings less imposing.

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