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Lot 12*

A Chamberlain Worcester topographical inkwell by Thomas Baxter, circa 1819-21

29 September 2021, 14:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A Chamberlain Worcester topographical inkwell by Thomas Baxter, circa 1819-21

Of drum shape with a turned foot, finely painted with a titled view of Oxford, two gentlemen wearing gowns and mortar boards walking on the wide pavement past a range of accurately depicted buildings, reserved on a pale yellow ground, edged in gold, 5.7cm high, script mark in puce

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Provenance
Bonhams sale, 6 June 2007, lot 420

Thomas Baxter was only employed at Chamberlains for two years, during which time he wrote to his friend and artist B R Hayden that he was engaged at the factory painting 'little things and the "littler and prettier", the dear little things and the dearer they are the better...'.

The scene of Oxford High Street is similar to the view painted by JMW Turner in 1810, now held in the Ashmolean Museum and features many recognisable landmarks including All Souls College, All Saints Church and St Mary's Church.

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