Lot Essay
La production des cheminées de Henry Cheere date principalement des années 1740, cette tablette évoquant sa manière ‘rococo-pastorale’. Un groupe de vingt-huit dessins à l’aquarelle et à l’encre par Cheere (V.& A. prints and drawings archive, D.715 (13)-1887) est caractéristique de son œuvre incrustant des marbres figurant des personnages dans des scènes pastorales.
Henry Cheere's chimneypiece production was chiefly from the 1740s onwards and this tablet evokes the 'rococo-pastoral' manner of his designs. A group of twenty-eight watercolour and ink designs by Cheere (V.& A. prints and drawings archive, D.715 (13)-1887) display his typical characteristic of overlaying coloured marbles with country figures and scenes.
Henry Cheere's chimneypiece production was chiefly from the 1740s onwards and this tablet evokes the 'rococo-pastoral' manner of his designs. A group of twenty-eight watercolour and ink designs by Cheere (V.& A. prints and drawings archive, D.715 (13)-1887) display his typical characteristic of overlaying coloured marbles with country figures and scenes.