Lot 648
  • 648

Paul Sandby

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
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Description

  • Paul Sandby
  • A View at Charlton, near Woolwich, Kent
  • Bodycolor
  • 12 1/4 x 18 1/8 inches

Provenance

Sale, London, Sotheby's, 10 July, 1997, lot 58, to the present owner

Condition

The sheet has been carefully preserved and presented but is in fragile condition. The work has been laid down. There are areas of pigment loss where the bodycolour has flaked. The most significant losses are: along the upper sheet edge, at both the upper corners, above the cliff-top at the extreme left of the sheet and in the trees in the upper center (this area has been skillfully re-touched). Overall the bodycolour pigment has remained very clear, strong and bold. For further information on this lot please contact either Mark Griffith-Jones (0207 293 5083 - mark.griffithjones@sothebys.com) or Emmeline Hallmark (emmeline.hallmark@sothebys.com - 0207 293 5407).
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."

Catalogue Note

Paul Sandby was appointed Chief Drawing Master at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich in 1768. He had lodgings at Charlton from this date until he gave up the position in 1796. Charlton at this time was a small village on the north side of Blackheath near Woolwich, in the county of Kent. The quarry shown here may be the chalk-pit recorded near the Earl of Cholmondeley's villa, with a farmhouse reputedly built by Inigo Jones.1

Another slightly smaller version of this watercolor is in the collection of the Yale Center for British Art.2

1. Daniel Lyson, The Environs of London, vol. I, London 1811, p. 434
2. The Art of Paul Sandby, exhib. cat., Yale 1985, p. 90, no. 120