The Property of the Marquess of Anglesey from the Private Apartment at Plas Newydd
William Anderson
Fishing by moonlight in an estuary
No reserve
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April 11, 01:20 PM GMT
Estimate
2,500 - 3,000 GBP
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The Property of the Marquess of Anglesey from the Private Apartment at Plas Newydd
William Anderson
Scotland 1757–1837 London
Fishing by moonlight in an estuary
signed and dated lower right: W. Anderson 1806
oil on panel
unframed: 37 x 50.5 cm.; 14⅝ x 19⅞ in.
framed: 56 x 70 cm.; 22 x 27½ in.
Possibly purchased by Henry William Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey (1768-1854).
Thomas Agnew & Son, London, Valuation for Insurance of The Pictures and Drawings, The Property of the Most Honourable The Marquess of Anglesey, At Uxbridge House, St James Square, Plas Newydd, and 8 Lees Mews, 2 February 1910, probably one of two works by Anderson listed from no. 54, at 8 Lees Mews, London (Bangor University Archives and Special Collections, PN/IX/3198);
Lofts & Warner, London, An Inventory and Valuation […] At Plas Newydd, Anglesey, 1948, p. 136 (in the saloon as Sea pieces hung in pairs either side of the windows [part]) (private family archive).