Sawrey Gilpin R.A. Study Of Swans 18th.Century Watercolour Drawing

Sawrey Gilpin R.A. Study Of Swans 18th.Century Watercolour DrawingSawrey Gilpin R. A. A study of Swans guarding their nest. Pen ink and watercolour drawing with ruled black chalk border, on laid paper with crowned GR watermark. Numbered 309 lower right. 19. 6 x 32 cm Provenance: Ex. Sir John Witt Collection. Sawrey Gilpin (17331807) was a successful 18th. Century English animal painter, illustrator, and etcher who specialised in paintings of horses, dogs and wildlife. The Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon

Watercolour on wove

he was himself much influenced by the Greek Revival

Hamilton's style shows the influence of the Neo-Classical Romanticism typical of the period

John Hamilton Mortimer 18th

Manner of George Edwards

Robert Monckton 1726–1782 was an officer of the British Army and colonial administrator in British North America

Century French School Portrait of French Poet Antoinette Du Liger De La Garde Deshoulières (1638-1694) seated at a dressing table with mirror and book holding a small Spaniel

similar in style to those of Wright and conversation pieces in the manner of Zoffany

dated it to the year and numbered it on the back

13 by 17cms

5 by 64 cms overall in frame

Pen Ink and Watercolour