THOMAS ROWLANDSON (LONDON 1756-1827)
THOMAS ROWLANDSON (LONDON 1756-1827)
1 More
Property of a Gentleman
THOMAS ROWLANDSON (LONDON 1756-1827)

St Austell, Cornwall

Details
THOMAS ROWLANDSON (LONDON 1756-1827)
St Austell, Cornwall
inscribed 'SAINT AUSTLE [sic] Cornwal' (lower left)
pencil, pen and ink and watercolour
5 7/8 x 9 3/8 in. (15 x 23.8 cm.)
Provenance
with Agnew's, London, where purchased by
Roger Makins, 1st Baron Sherfield (1904-1996) and
by descent to the present owner.

Brought to you by

Annabel Kishor
Annabel Kishor Specialist

Lot Essay

Rowlandson's good friend, the banker Matthew Michell, was deputy Lieutenant of Cornwall. His seat, Hengar House, was in the village of St. Tudy, near Bodmin, and Rowlandson was a frequent visitor there. This drawing must have been made on one of his visits to Hengar. Two other versions of this drawing, with slightly different staffage, are known: one is in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, bequeathed by Rev. Alexander Dyce (DYCE.796), and the other in the Metropolitan Museum, New York.
Roger Makins was a British Diplomat who was Ambassador to the United States (1953-6). As a collector he is best known for his Collection of Pre-Raphaelite Art but he also put together a fine collection of Early British Drawings, the majority purchased from the prestigious London dealers Agnew’s and Spink.

More from Old Master and British Drawings and Watercolours

View All
View All