7 Mar 2006
14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street
Fine British & Continental Watercolours & Drawings
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Fine British & Continental Watercolours & Drawings
Back to auction 13802
Richard Williams (British, c.1750-1776)
Fort George near Inverness
watercolour
35.6 x 52.1 cm. (14 x 20 1/2 in.)
within a leather bound album containing views of Britain and the Continent by the same hand, unframed, (qty).
watercolour
35.6 x 52.1 cm. (14 x 20 1/2 in.)
within a leather bound album containing views of Britain and the Continent by the same hand, unframed, (qty).
Sold for
£1,680
inc. premium
Footnotes
- PROVENANCE:
Charles Bigelow (b.1884) of Boston, USA.
By direct descent to the current owner, his grand-daughter.
Richard Williams was commisioned 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Welch Fusiliers on 17th August 1768 and promoted to Lieutenant on 13th May 1773. He was on a tour of Continental Europe when the regiment sailed for New York. Williams joined them in Boston, landing on 12th June 1775, he died in the United States.
Category: Fine Art / Watercolours
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