Old Master and British Works on Paper Online
Old Master and British Works on Paper Online
CHARLES BESTLAND | The letter
Lot Closed
September 20, 04:19 PM GMT
Estimate
600 - 800 GBP
Lot Details
Description
CHARLES BESTLAND
1763-1837
The letter
Watercolour over traces of pencil, heightened with bodycolour, gum arabic and pen and black ink;
signed lower left: Painted by / C. Bestland / 1792
300 by 376 mm (drawing)
481 by 633 mm (mount)
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Sale, London, Sotheby's, 12 February 1970, lot 125;
with The Fine Art Society, London;
acquired by Walter Brandt (1902-1978);
by family descent until the present owner
Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, Exhibition of English Drawings and Watercolours from a Private Collection, 1971, no. 8