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Lot 41*

William Beilby (1740-1819): a monochrome drawing, circa 1760-70

15 November 2017, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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William Beilby (1740-1819): a monochrome drawing, circa 1760-70

In blue watercolour wash, the landscape featuring a shepherd seated by a tree, his dog alongside, farm buildings in the distance, framed by an elaborate floral cartouche, the image cut out and laid down on a larger sheet which bears a later pencil inscription 'W. Beilby', the overall image area 22.5cm x 30.5cm

Footnotes

Provenance
Robert Charleston Collection, Sotheby's sale 28 May 1997, lot 52
Julius and Ann Kaplan Collection

Literature
Robert Charleston, 'William and Thomas Beilby as Drawing Masters', Glass Circle Journal 6 (1989), pp. 20-31, fig.15

This drawing was part of a collection of designs by William Beilby that Robert Charleston purchased from the glass dealer Cecil Davis. There are many parallels with Beilby's glass enamelling, in particular the seated shepherd that should be compared with the enamelled wineglass, lot 34 in this sale.

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