A Highland burn with an angler conversing with two gillies other sportsmen can be seen approaching from the distance

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Thomas Miles Richardson, Jun., R.W.S. (1813-1890)
A Highland burn with an angler conversing with two gillies other sportsmen can be seen approaching from the distance
signed and dated 'TM Richardson/1856' (lower right, on a rock)
pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour
25½ x 23 in. (64.7 x 58.5 cm.)

Provenance

with George Hughes, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
with Leger Galleries, 1988 as 'Glennith', where purchased by the present owner.

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Sale room notice

Please note that this watercolour is illustrated in H. Mallalieu The Dictionary of British Watercolour Artists up to 1920, Suffolk, 2002, p. 15 and on the back cover.

Lot Essay

The son of T.M. Richardson, Sen., from whom he received his training, Richardson Jun. was elected a full member of the Old Water-colour Society in 1851. Following this he made extensive tours of Scotland and the North of England. Highland scenes were among his favourite subjects.

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