Lot 177
  • 177

William Anderson

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description

  • William Anderson
  • Shipping in a calm sea off the coast
  • signed and dated lower right: W. Anderson 1803
    inventory number 192 etched into the reverse
  • oil on oak panel

Provenance

Francis Greville, 5th Earl of Warwick (18531924);
Thence by descent.

Exhibited

Wellesley (Mass.), Davis Museum, on long term loan.

Literature

Anon., Inventory of the contents of Warwick Castle, ms., 1900, hanging in the Billiard Room Passage.

Condition

This painting is in immaculate fresh condition. The panel is flat and uncradled, the painting is dirty and the varnish discoloured, but the paint surface below remains in perfect, untouched condition.
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