Buying a pup

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Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827)
Buying a pup
pencil, pen and ink and watercolour, watermark Strasburg lily
10¼ x 13¼ in. (26 x 33.7 cm.)

Exhibited

London, Sotheby's, The British Sporting Heritage, 1984, no. 11.

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

The present drawing is reminscent in style to the drawings Rowlandson executed during his first tour of the Isle of Wight in 1784. In particular the drawings of inns' interiors on the island, see Pictures and Watercolours from Longleat, Christie's, London, 14 June 2002, lots 519, 542.

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