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Richard Wilson, R.A.
A coastal landscape with figures dancing at the mouth of a river
Lot Closed
December 5, 03:32 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Richard Wilson, R.A.
Penegoes, Powys 1713/14 - 1782 Colomendy, Clwyd
A coastal landscape with figures dancing at the mouth of a river
oil on canvas
unframed: 71.3 x 92.1 cm.; 28 1/8 x 36 1/4 in.
framed: 92.7 x 113 cm.; 36 1/2 x 44 1/2 in.
Possibly Hugh Andrew Johnstone Munro of Novar (1797-1864);
By family descent until sold ('The Novar Collection Formed by that distinguished amateur, the late Hugh A.J. Munro, Esq. The intimate friend and Executor of JMW Turner, RA.'), London, Christie’s, 6 April 1878, lot 59, for £294 to Agnew;
With Thomas Agnew and Sons, London;
By whom sold, in 1878, to T. Chappell Esq;
Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 31 July 1939, lot 201, to Sabin;
With Frank T. Sabin, 1945 (all of the above possible, by comparison with dimensions listed in Constable, see Literature);
Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby's, 10 July 2014, lot 241 (as circle of Richard Wilson), where acquired.
By family descent until sold ('The Novar Collection Formed by that distinguished amateur, the late Hugh A.J. Munro, Esq. The intimate friend and Executor of JMW Turner, RA.'), London, Christie’s, 6 April 1878, lot 59, for £294 to Agnew;
With Thomas Agnew and Sons, London;
By whom sold, in 1878, to T. Chappell Esq;
Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 31 July 1939, lot 201, to Sabin;
With Frank T. Sabin, 1945 (all of the above possible, by comparison with dimensions listed in Constable, see Literature);
Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby's, 10 July 2014, lot 241 (as circle of Richard Wilson), where acquired.
Possibly W.G. Constable, Richard Wilson, London 1953, p. 216, under plate 105a, version 2 (as 'perhaps by Wilson'), and p. 217, under plate 105a (as 'a recorded possible version').