Old Master and British Works on Paper

Old Master and British Works on Paper

A Way of Life: The Collection of Barbara & Ernest Kafka

Joshua Cristall, P.O.W.S.

Landscape with a young bird-catcher; together with a study of sorrel and other wild plants

Lot Closed

July 6, 02:21 PM GMT

Estimate

1,200 - 1,800 GBP

Lot Details

Description

A Way of Life: The Collection of Barbara & Ernest Kafka

Joshua Cristall, P.O.W.S.

Camborne, Cornwall - 1768 - 1847 London

Landscape with a young bird-catcher; together with a study of sorrel and other wild plants


Both watercolour over pencil on laid paper, the first watermarked with a crown and the letters: GR

197 by 323 mm; 142 by 229 mm

(2)

The first:
Leonard Gordon Duke (1870-1973);
with W.S. Fine Art, London;
where acquired by the late owners 


The second:
With Spink & Son, London, by 1976;
Dr Charles Warren;
with W.S. Fine Art, London, by 2005,
where acquired by the late owners 

The second:
London, Spink & Son, English Watercolour Drawings, Annual Exhibition, 1976, no. 99;
London, W.S Fine Art, Watercolours and Drawings, 2006, no. 37,
where acquired by the late owners
(C) 2025 Sotheby's
All alcoholic beverage sales in New York are made solely by Sotheby's Wine (NEW L1046028)