Old Master & British Works on Paper
Old Master & British Works on Paper
Property of a lady
Francis Nicholson, O.W.S.
Knaresborough, Yorkshire
No reserve
Lot Closed
July 6, 04:34 PM GMT
Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property of a lady
Francis Nicholson, O.W.S.
Pickering 1753 - 1844 London
Knaresborough, Yorkshire
Watercolour over pencil;
signed with the artist's initials lower left on the original mount: FN, signed and inscribed verso: Fr. Nicholson Knaresborough Yorshire / or at No. 58 Cornhill London, further inscribed, possibly in later hand: 1794
170 by 254 mm
With Frank T. Sabin, London,
sale, London, Sotheby's, 5 July 2016, lot 309,
where acquired by the present owner
sale, London, Sotheby's, 5 July 2016, lot 309,
where acquired by the present owner
Francis Nicholson was born and raised in Yorkshire and for a time lived in Knaresborough. Between 1792 and 1803 he lived in London and he exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1789. He found success as a landscape painter and was patronised by important figures, including James Stewart, 1st Marquess of Bute and Turner’s later patron, Walter Fawkes of Farnley Hall, Yorkshire. In 1804 Nicholson became a founder member of the Society of Painters in Water Colours of which he was elected president in December 1812. According to the inscription on the verso, this watercolour was drawn in 1794.