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Kilchurn Castle on Loch Awe

Kilchurn Castle on Loch Awe

The Orchard

The Orchard

Salome with the head of John the Baptist

Salome with the head of John the Baptist

A Woman asleep in a Chair

A Woman asleep in a Chair

Muirhead Bone at Work

Muirhead Bone at Work

St. Botolph's, Bishopsgate

St. Botolph's, Bishopsgate

Four Women: Reading, Writing, Knitting, Watching.

Four Women: Reading, Writing, Knitting, Watching.

Seascape with Three Three-Masted Vessels

Seascape with Three Three-Masted Vessels

Kimbolton Church, Cambridgeshire

Kimbolton Church, Cambridgeshire

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ARTISTS Thomas Heaphy the Elder
(attributed to)
John Varley OWS Muriel Minter Joshua Cristall POWS William Henry Hunt OWS Sir William Orpen RA RHA
(attributed to)
Nathaniel Sparks RE Indistinctly signed Adam Silo Thomas John Coates RWS, PRBA, RP
Height 20.5 cm (8.1") 25.5 cm (10") 37.5 cm (14.8") 27 cm (10.6") 11.5 cm (4.5") 38 cm (15") 19 cm (7.5") 14.5 cm (5.7") 13.5 cm (5.3") 39 cm (15.4")
Width 30 cm (11.8") 35.5 cm (14") 47.5 cm (18.7") 32.5 cm (12.8") 10 cm (3.9") 28 cm (11") 32.5 cm (12.8") 27 cm (10.6") 19.5 cm (7.7") 49 cm (19.3")
Framed height 35 cm (13.8") 40 cm (15.7") 48 cm (18.9") 42.5 cm (16.7") 27.5 cm (10.8") 56.5 cm (22.2") 40.5 cm (15.9") 28 cm (11") 23 cm (9.1") 55 cm (21.7")
Framed width 43 cm (16.9") 52 cm (20.5") 58.5 cm (23") 47.5 cm (18.7") 22.5 cm (8.9") 46 cm (18.1") 46 cm (18.1") 41 cm (16.1") 28 cm (11") 65 cm (25.6")
Year c.1820-30 1825 c.1930-60 c.1820-30 c.1830 c.1910-30 1914 1837 c.1700-1740
Medium Watercolour Watercolour, with gum, scraping out and bodycolour over graphite Watercolour Graphite Pen, ink, wash and watercolour Drypoint Graphite and chalk Monochrome wash drawing Pen, ink and wash
Provenance Probably The Rt. Hon. Charles Townsend (1785-1953), with The Fine Art Society, London. Henry Scipio Reitlinger Collection, possibly his sale Sotheby's 9th December 1953, Private Collection
EXHIBITIONS Probably no.171, Society of Painters in Water-Colours, 1826 (purchased for 6 gens. by Lord C. Townsend).
Condition There is some fading and restoration in the sky, where spotting has been repaired, but otherwise the colours are strong. At some point, the work was tightly mounted, resulting in some fading in the central area.