Old Master & British Works on Paper
Old Master & British Works on Paper
Property from a British Private Collection
John 'Warwick' Smith
Figures and sheep in a valley, probably Borrowdale in the Lake District
Lot Closed
July 6, 04:54 PM GMT
Estimate
1,200 - 1,800 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a British Private Collection
John 'Warwick' Smith
Irthington, Cumberland 1749 - 1831 London
Figures and sheep in a valley, probably Borrowdale in the Lake District
Watercolour over pencil, heightened with gum arabic;
signed on a seperate sheet preserved within the frame: Smith
353 by 515 mm
sale, New York, Christie’s, 9 June 1981, lot 133,
where acquired by the parents of the present owners
The measurements of present sheet are comparable with the watercolour views of the Lake District that Smith executed at the request of John Christian Curwen (1756-1826, of Workington Hall.1
1. For more information on this commission and Smith’s work in the Lakes see, C. Powell and S. Hebron, A Cumbrian Artist Rediscovered: John Smith (1749-1831), Grasmere, 2011.