Serres, John Thomas

Estimate

2,000 - 3,000 GBP

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Description

A sketchbook containing twenty-four views and sketches in north Lincolnshire. [1807]
Twenty-four, twenty-two watercolour, two pencil, on laid paper, one sheet watermarked [J. Wh]atman [18]03, bound into a leather sketchbook;
inscribed inside front cover: Views in Lincolnshire 1807., many of the sheets inscribed with locations, dated between the 7 July and 27 July
Album size: 145 by 235 mm.

Oblong 8vo (138 x 228mm.), 22 WATERCOLOURS (including one loosely inserted and 2 double-page), 2 PENCIL DRAWINGS, contemporary calf, rebacked, corners repaired

Catalogue Note

THE ARTIST'S SKETCHBOOK, containing views of Saxby; 2 views of Worlaby church and village; a windmill; Barrow Church on the way to Thornton College; 7 views of Thornton College (Thornton Abbey); Mr Morris's Park, Barton; Betty's House, Bonby; 3 views of St Peter's Church, Barton; Bonby Church; Saxby Lane; Bonby Lane; and Bonby.

Serres (1759–1825) enjoyed significant success as a marine and landscape painter, and regularly exhibited at the Royal Academy, he was also for a while Maritime Painter to George III.