George Richmond, R.A.

Agnew's, London, October 2001

London, Agnew's, Missing Pages Exhibition, October - November 2001, no.67

This watercolour has been very well preserved and carefully presented. The pigments have remained strong and fresh and there is no evidence of discolouration to the sheet. The work has not been laid down. For further information on this lot please contact Mark Griffith-Jones on 0207 293 5083 or mark.griffithjones@sothebys.com.
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This fresh and lively study has been tentatively dated to 1848, a year in which the artist holidayed with his family at Guildford and conducted many local sketching tours. Stylistically it can be compared to Richmond's Mickleham Downs, a landscape which includes the same cedar tree. That work is dated 1848 and inscribed 'sketched in company with my dear friend Samuel Palmer.'