Anglers disembarking from a boat on a lake

Details

Circle of Francis Wheatley, R.A. (London 1747-1801 Middlesex)
Anglers disembarking from a boat on a lake
pencil, pen and grey ink, grey wash
10 ¾ x 15 5/8 in. (27.3 x 39.7 cm.); and one other drawing:
(ii) William Hamilton, R.A. (1751-1801), Macbeth and the Three Witches, signed 'W. Hamilton' (lower left), and with inscription 'A Scene in Macbeth/ by W. Hamilton' (verso of the mount), pencil and red chalk on buff paper, 9 ½ x 13 1/8 in. (24.2 x 33.3 cm.)

Provenance

i) Sir Thomas Lawrence, and by descent to
M.H. Bloxam, by whom given to Rugby School Art Museum; with his with inscriptions 'from Sir T Lawrence's/ collection' and 'e dono Matt H Bloxam' (lower left), 'Sir T.L. coll.' (lower centre) and 'Wilson' (lower right).
ii) M.H. Bloxam, by whom given to Rugby School Art Museum.

Literature

i) Anne Popham, typescript catalogue, no. 87, as attributed to Thomas Sunderland.
ii) Anne Popham, typescript catalogue, no. 81.

Special notice

This lot is offered without reserve.

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Lot Essay

The present drawing relates to a painting by Wheatley, The Angler's Return, dated by Mary Webster to circa 1790. (M. Webster, Francis Wheatley, New Haven and London, 1970, p. 142, no. 77. There are some alterations to the staffage, but the drawing appears to be after the painting.

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