William Pengree Sherlock
A view of the Thames with the Adelphi, Blackfriars Bridge and St Paul’s Cathedral in the background
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April 9, 12:22 PM GMT
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6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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William Pengree Sherlock
British circa 1780–1821
A view of the Thames with the Adelphi, Blackfriars Bridge and St Paul’s Cathedral in the background
signed and indistinctly dated lower left: WP Sherlock / 182[?]0
oil on canvas
unframed: 53.2 x 91.8 cm.; 21 x 36⅛ in.
framed: 70.3 x 109 cm.; 27⅝ x 42⅞ in.
Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 13 November 1953, lot 146, to Dyson;
Anonymous sale, London, Phillips, 30 April 1991, lot 123;
Anonymous sale, London, Roseberys, 9 July 2024, lot 167 (as circle of Charles Deane);
Where acquired.
A comparable view by Sherlock, smaller in size, sold in these Rooms in 2020 for £7,500.1 According to an inscription on the stretcher bar, that picture was painted from a sketch of 1813.
1 Oil on canvas, 50.5 x 76 cm.; WILLIAM P. SHERLOCK | London, a view of the River Thames with hay barges and sailing vessels, Blackfrairs Bridge and St. Paul's beyond | Old Masters including Portrait Miniatures from the Pohl-Ströher Collection | 2020 | Sotheby's.
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