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PROPERTY FROM A NEW ENGLAND COLLECTION Lots 81-91 The present drawings are all from the collection of Gilbert Davies (L. 757a). Davies amassed a collection of over 3000 drawings and watercolours by English artists, or foreign artists working in England including one of the largest and most important collections of drawings by Thomas Rowlandson, over 350 in total. A group of about fifty drawings were purchased by the Huntingdon Trustees from Gilbert Davies in 1959. Davies's collection was without doubt one of the finest collection of the artist's works then in private hands. The Arts Council in London held an exhibition from his collection in 1950 and works were frequently lent to exhibitions or reproduced in books on the artist.

Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827)

The barracks: An officer being dressed

Details

Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827)
The barracks: An officer being dressed
inscribed 'IN BARRACKS' (on the mount)
pencil, brown ink and watercolour, on the artist's washline mount, unframed
5¼ x 7¾ in. (13.5 x 19.7 cm.)

Provenance

Gilbert Davies (L. 757a).
with Colnaghi's, London, 14 October 1949, where purchased by a forebear of the present owner.

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Lots 81-91
Please note that these watercolours were all purchased from the various galleries and dealers by Augustus Loring and by descent in the family.

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