Property from the Collection of the late Cyril and Shirley Fry
English School, circa 1807
A collection twenty-one portraits of members of the Angerstein and Locke families
Lot Closed
July 8, 01:28 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Collection of the late Cyril and Shirley Fry
English School, circa 1807
A collection twenty-one portraits of members of the Angerstein and Locke families
Each pen and brown ink and watercolour on laid paper
various sizes
(21)
These Angersteins were the grandchildren of John Julius Angerstein (1735-1825), a key figure in the establishment of Lloyd's of London, an important collector of old master paintings and a firm supporter of contemporary artists. The greatest part of his collection of pictures was acquired by Lord Liverpool's government in 1824, an acquisition that would form the nucleus of the National Gallery of London.
William 'Willy' Locke was the son of the amateur artist (pupil of Henry Fuseli) William Locke (1767-1847) (see lot 173) and the grandson of William Locke (1832-1810), a wealthy patron of the arts who had travelled in Italy with Richard Wilson in 1751 (see lot 7 in the sale: A Fine Line: Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries, on 7 July). He was related to the Angerstein children, as his aunt, Amelia, had married John Angerstein (1773-1858) in 1799.
The Lockes lived at Norbury Park in Surrey, while the Angersteins divided their time between a grand house in Pall Mall, London, and a country villa: 'Woodlands', at Blackheath in Kent.
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