Watercolour; signed lower left: A. Gladys Holman; inscribed on reverse: A.G. Holman, 107 Ladbroke Grove W11 March 21 1918; drawn from personal narrative of Lieut. W.M. Holman R.G.A. No. 27 in Royal Artillery Exhibition R.I. 1919 (H. 17cm, W. 26cm)
Walter Manley Holman (1884-1970) served as Second Lieutenant in the Royal Garrison Artillery, who were responsible for long-range heavy [...]
Black chalk and watercolour; inscribed and dated in pencil lower left: Arundel 1910; inscribed again and signed in ink lower centre: Arundel, C.J. Holmes (H. 24cm, W. 33cm)
Exhibited: National Gallery, British Painting since Whistler, 1940, no. 226 Provenance: Given by Harry Collison (1868-1945) to [...]
Watercolour heightened with white over pencil; signed with monogram and dated lower right: JH Lisbon June 26th 1837; inscribed on base of pilaster: GRAÇA CONVENT; inscribed lower left: 4 o’Clk. AM (H. 28 cm, W. 41 cm)
When Holland arrived in Portugal in the summer of 1837, he was probably the first British landscape artist to visit the country. His [...]
PANORAMIC VIEW OF LEICESTER; VERSO: BAY SCENE WITH CLIFFS
Recto: pen and ink with grey and sepia washes and watercolour; inscribed on lower right of recto by artist: Leicester; verso: watercolour (H. 14.5cm; W. 46cm)
Provenance: With Martyn Gregory, London; bequest of Adam Crick (1957-2016) to Winchester College, 2016
Pen and brown ink and watercolour heightened with white; inscribed and dated by the artist lower left: Venice Nov/13 9-10 AM 1865 (from the Gondola. x/16); further inscribed below with other notes (some illegible) in ink and pencil (H. 31 cm, W. 50 cm)
This watercolour dates from Lear’s second visit to Venice, in November 1865. The city had been a disappointment to him in 1857, but he [...]
Pencil and stump heightened with white on grey paper; dated lower left: Sept 15, 1836; inscribed lower right by the artist: Lingmell/ Scawfell Crags/ Muckledoor; numbered on a stone: 11 (H. 17cm, W. 25cm)
Exhibited: Wordsworth Museum and Art Gallery, Grasmere, Edward Lear the Landscape Artist: Tours of Ireland and the English Lakes, 1835 [...]
Grey wash, watercolour and body colour on laid paper; inscribed at the foot, outside a black ruled border: An Old Woman dressing her Daughter's Hair (H. 15cm, W. 21cm)
Exhibited: Ulster Museum, 1980 Provenance: Abbott & Holder, 1963; Major-General Sir John D’Arcy Anderson and Lady Elizabeth [...]