23 Jan 2013
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19th Century Paintings, Drawings & Watercolours
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19th Century Paintings, Drawings & Watercolours
Back to auction 20485
Charles Towne (British, 1763-1840)
About to set out, hounds leaving kennels
signed and dated 'CHAs TOWNE/Pinxit./1816' (lower right)
oil on canvas
82 x 108cm (32 5/16 x 42 1/2in).
signed and dated 'CHAs TOWNE/Pinxit./1816' (lower right)
oil on canvas
82 x 108cm (32 5/16 x 42 1/2in).
Sold for
£43,250
inc. premium
Footnotes
- PROVENANCE:
Sir Humphrey de Trafford, Bt.
Sale, Christie's London, 13 December 1929, lot 145 (1000 gns. to Ackermann), one of a large group of paintings sold by Sir Humphrey de Trafford, including six works by Towne
Purchased from Arthur Ackermann and Son Ltd., London, 11 September 1930
Christie's London, The Bute Collection of Sporting Pictures, 27 May 1999, lot 33
with Richard Green, London
Private collection, UK
EXHIBITED:
London, Hayward Gallery, Arts Council of Great Britain, British Sporting Painting 1650-1850, 1974, no. 121
LITERATURE:
W. Shaw Sparrow, A Book of Sporting Painters, London, 1931, illustrated opposite p. 133.
Category: Fine Art / 19th Century Paintings
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